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The Impruneta Terrecotte Furnace offers a wonderful journey into the past while making terracotta jars as well. The Etruscans are thought to have been the first to make the jar: a pot-bellied terracotta container made by hand. Precisely because of its shape, the jar became a functional container in the storage of oil and wine. The Etruscan people, therefore, quickly spread this technique of winemaking and wine storage throughout the Italian territory.
The history of wine presents a close link with the container that contains it, in fact the quality of this intoxicating juice depends greatly on the material and workmanship of its container. The first material developed for oenological purposes is undoubtedly terracotta.
The soil of Impruneta, which has always been known for its strong resistance to low temperatures and its wonderful pink color, is therefore excellent in the field of viticulture from the point of view of tightness, transpiration and thermal insulation.
Since the time of the Medici, jars have known another function besides wine storage: that of a common vase. Jars became wonderful containers for plants and original elements of garden decoration. It was the Medici who used them to fill the Boboli Garden with orange and lemon trees.
In Corsiani’s Terrecotte catologue you can browse the different types, shapes and sizes of Impruneta terracotta jars made by master craftsmen: jar with lily, jar with rosette, fragoliera jar equipped with the traditional side pockets and many others.
The Impruneta Terrecotte Furnace offers a wonderful journey into the past while making terracotta jars as well. The Etruscans are thought to have been the first to make the jar: a pot-bellied terracotta container made by hand. Precisely because of its shape, the jar became a functional container in the storage of oil and wine. The Etruscan people, therefore, quickly spread this technique of winemaking and wine storage throughout the Italian territory.
The history of wine presents a close link with the container that contains it, in fact the quality of this intoxicating juice depends greatly on the material and workmanship of its container. The first material developed for oenological purposes is undoubtedly terracotta.
The soil of Impruneta, which has always been known for its strong resistance to low temperatures and its wonderful pink color, is therefore excellent in the field of viticulture from the point of view of tightness, transpiration and thermal insulation.
Since the time of the Medici, jars have known another function besides wine storage: that of a common vase. Jars became wonderful containers for plants and original elements of garden decoration. It was the Medici who used them to fill the Boboli Garden with orange and lemon trees.
In Corsiani’s Terrecotte catologue you can browse the different types, shapes and sizes of Impruneta terracotta jars made by master craftsmen: jar with lily, jar with rosette, fragoliera jar equipped with the traditional side pockets and many others.
