Over the past few days two of the most prestigious Italian guides edited by l’Espresso have been presented in their 2009 editions: I Ristoranti d’Italia and Vini d’Italia (the latter will be translated into Japanese for the first time this year).

Here is the list of the Top 10 Restaurants in Tuscany listed in the 2009 guide:

Gambero Rosso
Piazza della Vittoria 13, San Vincenzo, tel. 0565.701021 Opening hours: all day; closed on Mondays, Tuesdays; Holidays: November – March; Credit Cards: all; Average Price: € 120,00

Enoteca Pinchiorri
Via Ghibellina 87, Firenze, tel. 055.242777
Website: www.enotecapinchiorri.com
Opening hours: all day; closed: Sundays, Mondays; Holidays: November to March; Credit Cards: AE, BM, CS, EC, MC, VISA; Average Price: € 200,00

Hotel Certosa di Maggiano – Il Canto
Strada di Certosa 82, Siena, tel. 0577.288180
Website: www.ilcanto.it
Opening hours: evenings only; closed: Tuesday; holidays: November to March; Credit Cards: AE, BM, CS, EC, MC, VISA. Average Price: € 90,00

Caino
Via Canonica 3, Montemerano, tel. 0564.602817
Website: www.dacaino.it
Opening hours: all day; closed: Wednesday; Thursday lunch time; holidays: 2 weeks in July; Christimas Holidays. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 130,00

Lorenzo
Via Carducci 63, Forte dei Marmi, tel. 0584.89671
Opening hours: all day; closed: evenings from mid June to mid September; closed: Monday; Tuesday lunch time; holidays: January; last week of December. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 90,00

Bracali
Via di Perolla 2 – Frazione Ghirlanda, Massa Marittima, tel. 0566.902318
Sito: www.bracaliristorante.it
Opening hours: always; closed: Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday and Thursday lunch time; holidays: from January 10th to February 10th. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 140,00

Romano
Via Mazzini 120, Viareggio, tel. 0584.31382
Website: www.romanoristorante.it
Opening hours: always; closed: Monday; holidays: in January; a week in July. Credit Cards: all; Average Price: € 80,00

Pineta
Via dei Cavalleggeri Nord 27 – Loc. Marina di Bibbona, Bibbona tel. 0586.600016
E-mail: lapineta@youritaly.com
Opening hours: always; closed: Monday Tuesday: lunch time; holidays: first 10 days in January; in October. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 60,00

Arnolfo
Via XX Settembre 50, Colle di Val d’Elsa, tel. 0577.920549
Website: www.arnolfo.com
Opening hours: always; closed: Tuesday; Wednesday; holidays: 2 weeks in January; 2 weeks July August. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 110,00

Il Pellicano
Località Sbarcatello, Porto Ercole, tel. 0564.858111
Website: www.pellicanohotel.com
Opening hours: evenings only; closed: never; holidays: November to March. Credit Cards: all. Average Price: € 120,00

The best wines in Tuscany, according to the 2009 Espresso Guide are:

• Bolgheri Sassicaia 2005 San Guido
• Brunello di Montalcino 2003 Biondi Santi
• Brunello di Montalcino 2003 Il Colle – Carli
• Brunello di Montalcino 2003 Poggio di Sotto
• Chianti Classico 2006 Le Cinciole
• Chianti Classico Bilaccio 2005 Il Borghetto
• Chianti Classico Riserva 2004 Capannelle
• Chianti Classico Riserva 2004 Castell’in Villa
• Chianti Classico Riserva 2004 Riecine
• Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio 2004 Castello di Monsanto
• Chianti Rufina Riserva Nipozzano 2005 Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
• d’Alceo 2005 Castello dei Rampolla
• Il Pareto 2004 Tenuta di Nozzole
• Lupicaia 2005 Castello del Terriccio
• Orcia Rosso Petrucci 2005 Podere Forte
• Redigaffi 2006 Tua Rita
• Rosso di Montalcino 2005 Poggio di Sotto
• Rosso di Montalcino 2005 Stella di Campalto
• Rosso di Montalcino 2006 Tenimenti Angelini – Val di Suga
• Sammarco 2005 Castello dei Rampolla
• Sangioveto 2004 Badia a Coltibuono
• Santacroce 2003 Castell’in Villa
• Vernaccia di San Gimignano Montenidoli Carato 2004 Montenidoli
• Vernaccia di San Gimignano Montenidoli Fiore 2006 Montenidoli
• Vin Santo del Chianti Rufina 1999 Frascole

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During the month of August Tuscany features the extraordinary opening of numerous museums – an initiative called “Rinfrescatevi la mente” (Refresh your mind).

Special events allowing you to visit famous museums and less know ones you can easily integrate in your iteneraries and excursions in Tuscany, as there are many different locations and museums to visit:

• Florence
  • Museo Ragazzi di Palazzo Vecchio
  • Museo degl’Innocenti
  • Palazzo Strozzi
  • Horne
  • Stibbert
  • A special evening on August 26^th featuring a guided tour of Palazzo Vecchio
• Pistoia
  • Fortezza Santa Barbara
  • Monsummano Terme: city museum and of contemporary art

• Viareggio
  • Museum of the Marinera
  • Civici di Villa Paolina
  • Gallery of modern and contemporary art

• Siena
  • Santa Maria della Scala

• Chianciano
  • Archeological Museum

• Cortona
  • MAEC

• Vetulonia
  • Civico Archeologico

• Villafranca
  • (Massa Carrara), museo Etnografico della Lunigiana

• Calci (Pisa)
  • Museo di storia naturale

• Prato
  • museo del tessuto

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The 28th edition of the Grey Cat Festival takes place in maremma, Tuscany.

An agenda of events taking place in:

• Grosseto
• Follonica
• Roccastrada
• Scarlino
• Arcidosso
• Monte Argentario
• Capalbio,
• Castiglione della Pescaia
• Massa Marittima
• Pitigliano

Beautiful locations in Tuscany and some of the greatest Italian and International Jazz musicians.

• Monday August 11th, Gavorrano Teatro delle Rocce Maceo Parker
• Tuesday August 12th, Porto Santo Stefano Piazzale dei Rioni Mauro Grossi trio, with Andrea Hopkins, Mauro Grossi, Attilio Zanchi, Marco Castiglioni – Free Admittance
• Wednesday August 13th, Follonica Piazza Sivieri Fuentes Ettore Bonafe, Brahima Dembel, Paolo Casu, Mino Cavallo, Francesca Taranto, Adama Dembele, Anna Granata, Luca Marianini, Bibeta Zabre – Free Admittance
• Thursday August 14th, Castello di Scarlino Guinga Quartet Guiga, Paulo Sergio Santos, Lula Galvão, Jorginho do trompete
• Friday August 15th, Gavorrano Teatro delle Rocce Stefano Bollani & Massimo Altomare ‘Gnosi delle Fanfole’ Stefano Bollani, Massimo Altomare, Mirco Guerrini, Miko Ambrogini, Walter Paoli, Mirio Cosottini
• Saturday August 16th, Follonica Teatro le Ferriere Stefano ‘Cocco’ Cantini, Fabrizio Bosso quintet project Original Grey Cat Festival – Prima assoluta Stefano ‘Cocco’ Cantini, Fabrizio Bosso, Manhu Roche, Michel Benita, Ramberto Ciammarughi
• Sunday August 17th, Montieri Sala Comunale Bebo Ferra 4tet con Rita Marcotulli ‘luar’ Bebo Ferra, Rita Marcotulli, Raffaello Pareti – Free Admittance
• Monday August 18th, Sassofortino Parco Fonte di Vandro, Francesco Bearzatti ‘tinissima’ Francesco Bearzatti, Giovanni Falzone, Danilo Gallo, Zeno de Rossi – Free Admittance
• Tuesday August 19th, Monterotondo Marittimo Piazza Casalini, Dominique Di Piazza trio Dominique di Piazza, Nelson Veras, Manhu Roche – Free Admittance
• Thursday August 21st, Monterotondo Marittimo Piazza Casalini, Giovanni Guidi quartet Giovanni Guidi, Dan Kinzelman, Stefano Senni, Joao Lobo – Free Admittance
• Friday August 22nd, Castello di Scarlino Roberto Gatto 4tet Roberto Gatto, Luca Mannutza, Daniele Tittarelli, Rosario Bonaccorso
• Saturday August 23rd, Caldana Centro Qube Orchestra ex Terni Jazz Big Band – Free Admittance

The 28th edition of the Grey Cat Festival is under way in Tuscany, in selected location of the Maremma with an agenda of Italian and International Jazz musicians …