Oliviero Toscani and his tuscany wine

From photography to wine the step is short. Leaving for a while his camera, the creative Oliviero Toscani has dress clothes of the vintner and has presented in Florence his wine called OT , as the initials of his name. Year 2006, OT is made from a blend of grapes Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot produced in Casale Marittimo, the Tuscan hills between Bolgheri and Montescudaio straddling the provinces of Pisa and Livorno in an estate of 100 hectares, of which 12 of the vineyard, where Toscani also try with the oil and the breeding of cows and horses.

To advise and give the right impetus to Toscani, confessed the same young winemaker, has been the great Piedmont producer Angelo Gaja who owns a company near Bolgheri, the same territory from which come most noble wines like Sassicaia. "There will not be a classic tavern wine made in Tuscany - the photographer explained - will be elegant. It is a wine that I like, because I only do things that I like. It was years that I dreamed of making wine but I had never had the time. " "For now - still says - i produced 13 thousand bottles, the next year will be 20 thousand, I am also building the winery and then we'll see what happens." Even the famous photographer realize the dream of becoming a wine producer, like many other celebrities before him who have suffered the charm of Bacchus. Among these, the rock star Sting, which is about to launch its wine of the estate in the hills of Palagio Figline Valdarno (Florence), the former footballer Paolo Rossi in the Aretine hills began produce the 'Borgo Cennini, or former owner Lazio Sergio Cragnotti produce Nobile di Montepulciano. And yet Stefania Sandrelli with John Soldati in the Villa Nano farm on the hills have focused on the Sienese Chianti DOCG 'grapes, the designer Roberto Cavalli signs his labels produced in Panzano in Chianti (Florence), while the CEO of Aol Time Warner Richard Parsons has become a producer of "Brunello di Montalcino".