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Handicrafts and typical products

Tuscany vaunts a large quantity of typical products, most of them tied down to the ancient rural traditions but still today are made with the same care and love of the past.
Tuscany is well-known and loved all over the world for the way and mastery people works the natural products, made unique through the union between the taste of traditions and our land.

Unpolluted nature of the territory of Montaione offers an high quality standard of our products, thanks to the expert works of the mens. Hills that surround Montaione's territory are principally cultivated with wineyard and olive groves, Chianti wine enliven the tables with its vivid and bright taste, while the Extra vergine Oil of Olive, with its deep green let dishes more savoury. Montaione is committed for the safe of its territory is member together with other towns of Tuscany and Italy, of the Association Città dell'Olio for the purpose to promote the culture of Oil of Olive and to organize some festivals and events, like the one called "Pane e olio in Frantoio" carried out at the end of November.

Moreover, Montaione is situated in a wide truffle area, between San Miniato and San Gimignano; this is a area where the White Truffle is picked. For that reason, Montaione, which is a member of the Association Città del Tartufo, every year during the last week of October, celebrate the white truffle with an event at the end of October.

Also Honey and Mushrooms together with chestnuts are only some of the typical products od our territory in addition to junket and cheeses made by the milk of our cattle. Are also famous the quality sausages like "soprassata", "finocchiona" and tuscan salami, most of them produced by "Cinta Senese", a special kind of pork breeded in the surrounding of Montaione, and vintage in Tuscany.

It is important not to forget the Tuscan bread that doesn't contain salt and that was once hand-kneaded and cooked in ovens fed by firewood. Nowadays, even if the production needs some changes, it does still stay the unchangeable quality of home-made bread, unique in its flavour. For that reason Montaione is member of the Association Città del Pane.

Moreover, the wide variety of wild animals (like hares, pheasants, wild boars, woodcocks) and farm animals ( rabbits, chickens, ducks) enriches the table in every period of the year.

After art of glass making, an ancient tradition of Montaione is working with earthenware and hard stones. Skillful hands every day create unique works of art that from Tuscany are exported throughout the world.

It's important to mention, that Montaione is also famous for the working of onix, even if the quarry in Iano from where it was extracted this precious stone has been closed. Of particular importance, finally, the decoration of ceramics, which embellishes terracotta vases, plates and ornaments of every kind.

Take advantage during your next holiday in Tuscany to taste the high quality of our typical products and handicrafts participating in one of the many festivals that Montaione offers to its visitors all year round to promote the encounter between the traditions of the territory and its guests.

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