The shop

We are what we eat

Our farm was conceived by the desire to combine hospitality and agricultural production of good, wholesome and ethically-produced food.

Organic products of the highest quality, grown thanks to the biodynamic farming method in compliance with the rules of good agriculture.

Good, wholesome and ethically-produced

We comply with the three key points of the philosophy of SLOW FOOD, the world association of producers of the land to which we adhere with conviction and which we promote with our activities.

Il Manifesto Slow Food

A small shop of genuine agricultural products

From Terre di Còcomo

Olive oil

The extra virgin olive oil of these hills embodies the focus of the cultural and food & wine tradition. The olive tree is the symbol of our landscape, and looking after it marks the time, the meetings and last but not least it generates cooking and occasions for celebration.

Our olive groves are cultivated and cared for by using only natural products, and, at the same time, preserving the original terraces of these hills.

The oil is obtained from the cold pressing of the olives that we harvest by hand, between October and November, and take to the local olive oil mill every day, where the oil is filtered after pressing to ensure the highest nutritional and organoleptic quality and its duration over time.

Terre di Còcomo Extra Virgin Olive Oil is an organic product of the highest quality and selected by the Slow Food Guide of Extra Virgin Olive Oils.

Sorana bean

The Sorana bean is a Slow Food Presidia. It is grown on the banks of the Pescia River in the small area of Sorana protected by the European IGP mark, a guarantee of the quality and the origin of the bean.

This small, delicate and precious bean, bursting with an unmistakable flavour is grown on a small plot on the river gravel grove, together with a few other producers who are committed to protecting its cultivation and production, including all manual harvesting and selection phases, continuing a tradition of our family dating back to the times of our ancestors.

Terre di Còcomo is a producer member of the “Il Ghiareto Association”, founded in 1999 for the enhancement of the bean and its protection.
You will be able to taste our bean in our kitchen and it is available from the Bottega according to the season together with the other produce of the land we farm.

Slow Beans

Thanks to the cultivation of this legume we have become part of the magnificent Slow Beans family, a network of producers of Slow Food presidia legumes that promotes the knowledge and consumption of ancient legumes to protect biodiversity, healthy agriculture and the care of the environment, offering support to producers who share experiences and projects within it.

The network is self-managed, has no hierarchical structures, and is always open to the contribution of new participants who recognize themselves in the founding values of producing good, clean and fair food. Every year SlowBeans takes place: it is a sober, welcoming, tasty and sustainable traveling event that always ends with the fabulous Fagioliadi, a semi-serious culinary competition, where the dishes of the exhibitors compete in the story of legumes and territories. For us it has become a great group of friends from all over Italy whom it is a pleasure to meet and share with.

Honey

Bees, our friends the bees.

We maintain and care for an apiary made up of 10 beehives so that these noble insects are able to continue pollinating these hills.

The sugary nectar collected from flowers is turned into nutritious and energetic honey, which will accompany your breakfast in the morning or it will be served with a taste of local cheeses or will be added as an ingredient to the recipes of our cuisine, which in turn can be savoury and sweet.

The Wine: Nomadé and the wine to come

Our passion for food and wine has led us to allocate a part of the farm to a new vineyard for the production of a wine that was conceived here.

We have been planning and preparing the soil since 2016. In March 2019 we planted a "heroic vineyard" on some terraces of the farm that overlook the towers of the Buggiano Castle.

The vine we have chosen is Malvasia Nera, a vine which was quite common in these areas long ago. These slopes were already home to small peasant vineyards that have been lost since the post-war period, with the abandonment of rural areas. The vineyard will bear its first fruit in 2021 and by 2022 we should be able to sip the first glasses together.

This new vine represents a seed we have planted, a patiently nurtured passion that will grow with us and improve over the years.

Meanwhile, in a small farm at the foot of Montecatini Alto we own a small vineyard that ensures a small production of organic wine, obtained from old native vines, Nomadé.

The fruits of Còcomo

In spring and summer the trees of our farm, after the display of their colourful and fragrant blooms, give us their fruits. We collect them and serve them fresh, as juices or extracts.

Then, according to the tradition of conservation during unproductive periods, a good part of our fruit is turned into jams and marmalades ready to be found on our guests’ breakfast table to be spread on a slice of bread, on a tart, as a filling for a homemade cake or as a pairing with a taste of local cheeses.

Our organic jams made with fresh fruit are also available for sale in our shop along with all other products.