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 ontescudaio is one of the numerous medieval villages that dot the Valley of the Cecina, which is dominated by the ancient Etruscan city of Volterra. In this area, as elsewhere, it was the Etruscans who first instituted the cultivation of vines. Over the succeeding centuries, the activity has steadily expanded so that it now represents a factor of considerable importance in the local economy.A major contribution to the development of viticulture in the district was provided by Count Gherardo della Gherardesca, who assigned to the Benedictine nuns of the Monastery of Santa Maria in Montescudaio vast tracts of land that included numerous parcels planted in vines and olives. It appears that the establishment's abbess, a daughter of the count, dedicated herself with great enthusiasm to the cultivation of the vines in obedience to the Benedictine rule of "ora et labora" (pray and work). There is not much historical evidence as to the development of local viticulture in succeeding years. However, it is clear that the wine of Montescudaio soon began to acquire a certain reputation, primarily through the efforts of a merchant, Niccolò Taddei, who toward the middle of the 19th century succeeded in placing it on the markets of various communities. In 1887, that wine received its first significant recognition at a national enological competition in Rome, in which it won a silver medal.
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Consorzio Tutela Vino Montescudaio
Palazzo Municipale
56040 Montescudaio (SI)
ITALY
phone: (+39) 0586/630661
fax: (+39) 0586/685960
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