LA FUCINA DI LEONARDO, WINE AND CULTURE

 
Created by Raffaella Simoni Malaguti the daughter of Armando Simoni, the founder of Omas, and his successor for years at the head of that famous luxury writing istruments company, starts now the newest and most ambitious enterprise: bring to life by elaboration and trasformation the great and intriguing intuitions of Leonardo Da Vinci:  La Fucina di Leonardo (Leonardo's workshop). This project is developed in collaboration with the Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci’s Ideal Museum) which guarantees even more the rigorous cultural commitment of this enterprise. The aim is to widen and to deepen the worldwide knowledge and understanding of the greatest Genius of the Renaissance whose works and ideas are surprisingly relevant to the world of the XXI century, through the rediscovery of a huge heritage of drawings, sketches, intuitions on an awesome range of fabulously different topics. From ideas to objects, through elaboration and transformation, La Fucina di Leonardo will bring into daily life the must original graphic works, the reconstruction of amazing modern machines, exquisite fabrics, precious musical instruments, jewels and accessories and organize connoisseur trips to places where Leonardo lived and worked. Itinerary will be tailored on needs and wishes.

WINES OF CULTURE: BRONCONE

The cutting (Broncone in Italian) was a family emblem of the de’ Medicis, the lords of Florence; Da Vinci drew one in a manuscript date 1494 with the annotation ‘a cut off branch that flowers again’ and the motto ‘ancora spero’, hope springs eternal. The Italian term ‘brocone‘ identifies not only a tree cutting but also the strong pot that supports vines in a vineyard.

The name ‘Broncone’ evokes the re-flowering of enlightenment in renaissance Florence, and embodies the excellence that Da Vinci would have surely found in this ‘soave grape liqueur’. La Fucina di Leonardo proudly presents ‘Broncone wine as a true wine of culture‘. Broncone ’is the result of a centuries old tradition that derives from authors like Piero de Crescenzo, Cecco da San Salvi, Ferdinando Paoletti, Ignazio Maleotti, Cosimo Trinci and Ignazio Lomeni (the past masters who helped modernise wine and wine making techniques in the ‘ spirit of Leonardo’, passes through the 1900’s of Baron Ricasoli, and finishes with today’s technical innovation and expertise. ‘Broncone‘ is indeed that ‘perfect wine ’ that Leonardo Da Vinci sought: an expert and accurate selection of the best Tuscany Sangiovese bunch of grapes. It’s wooden bottle holder also pays homage to Da Vinci’s genius the ‘wine box’ that Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci and La Fucina di Leonardo have interpreted and reproduced here actually dates from a drawing Da Vinci found in a manuscript dated 1487.