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San Patrignano, where food is life – Italian Cuisine

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The estate extends as far as the eye can see. It embraces soft hills combed by vineyards and olive groves, and forwards between wheat fields and, to finish in woods and pastures, where black pigs of the ancient Mora Romagnola breed grow and happy bees are bred.

183669But it is at lunchtime that you appreciate the "size" of San Patrignano: when, in small groups or in dribs and drabs, the over 1,300 guests of what is the largest community for recovery from addictions (and the largest non-professional kitchen) in Europe arrive. The food in San Patrignano it is really important: it nourishes the bodies and, at the same time, it nourishes the hope of a new life. Most of the guests, in fact, are committed to taking care of the earth and transforming its products: it is a concrete way to stay in touch with nature and with themselves. The production cycle starts from the feed mill, from the breeding of cattle and pigs and cultivation, operated according to the principles of integrated agriculture a low environmental impact.

WORK, A MOMENT OF SHARING AND PRODUCTIVITY

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The raw materials are transformed in the internal laboratories in cheeses, meats, wine, honey, pasta, piadina and desserts, then used in the community kitchen and sold outside. Or wisely used in the Vine restaurant (ristorantevite.it), open to the public: here, under the guidance of chefs and experienced maîtrees, the kids put themselves to the test at the tables and in the kitchen. On the other hand, training is one of the pillars of San Patrignano. During the four years of stay in the community (very limited visits and the few exits relegated to the end of the path), they learn a profession. And in 40% of cases they continue to do it even once they have gone out. Food is an important vehicle of values. In San Patrignano the ritual of meals is the moment of meeting, sharing and also of memory, because he remembers with a moment of silence Vincenzo Muccioli, who created it in 1978. And it is also the moment of rest, in days marked by a perfect and relentless organization, which includes beyond 40 sectors between production activities and training. Idleness and "unemployment" do not exist: everyone has a task and does their part in running the community, which takes care of everyone for free and does not receive a euro from the state. 65% self-finances (the remaining 35% is the result of private donations, such as the "5×1000"). The San Patrignano agricultural cooperative is a social enterprise that makes artisanal products, obtained from a short and integrated supply chain, sustainable and respectful of biodiversity.

SAN PATRIGNANO, GOOD TWICE

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Over the years the productions have grown a lot. And not only in quantity but also in quality, thanks also to the contribution of many experts who have come to teach their secrets to children, such as the oenologist Riccardo Cotarella who takes care of the technical direction of the wines. Thus the products of "SanPa" reap prizes and cross the borders of the community. You can buy them in the shop open a few kilometers from the community (ironically called SP.accio) and in some distribution chains (Despar, Conad, Carrefour and Iper). Each product has the brand "SanPatrignano. Good twice" and tells the story of who made it on the packaging.

Of Manuela Soressi

Picture of Felice Scoccimarro, chef's recipes Federico Polito with the help of the guys from Vine restaurant

In San Patrignano today (also) wines are produced – Italian Cuisine

In San Patrignano today (also) wines are produced


These days there is a lot of talk about the Netflix series "Sanpa", dedicated to the founder of San Patrignano Vincenzo Muccioli. Do you know what today is one of the main activities of the first (and most famous) rehabilitation community for drug addicts? The production of wine. We talk about it here

2021 began in memory of San Patrignano, at least on television. For days, in fact, on social media we have talked about nothing but Sanpa – Lights and darkness of San Patrignano, a documentary television series available on Netflix and chronicling the epic of Vincenzo Muccioli, founder of the first community for the recovery of drug addicts. It was the year 1978 and the heroin drama, in Italy and around the world, overwhelmed more than one generation.

With archive images and a series of testimonies directed to those who lived the experience of San Patrignano up close, the docu-series traces the genesis of the community and its most controversial events, including judicial ones, until 1995, the year of the death of the famous founder. The recovery community, however, has continued its history and today it is still very active, albeit with methods and approaches different from those that are relived on the screen in these days.

One of the main activities to which San Patrignano was voted – and which justifies the fact that we are also talking about it here, on the de The Italian kitchen – and the wine production: in the series there is only a "taste" of it, but over time this has become a predominant activity, which, like all products marketed by San Patrignano, still contributes to the self-sufficiency of the community, which, since 1978, it hosts free of charge boys and girls in need of help.

We find ourselves, we remember, in the hills of Rimini, at an altitude of about 200 meters in the municipality of Coriano: not far from the Adriatic, therefore, but also a few kilometers from Mount Titano, where the Republic of San Marino stands. A fortunate geographical location and with a special microclimate, where the temperature changes given by the sea and the mountain enhance the organoleptic characteristics of the grapes and the breeze from the sea mitigates the high summer temperatures, giving the wine a marked mineral note.

At first they were alone Sangiovese and Trebbiano. The harvest was done by hand and the pressing with the feet, a press and five wooden barrels. In the mid-90s there was a turning point: the wine acquired body and value and new vineyards were planted with merlot grapes, cabernet sauvignon is cabernet franc. It reached 6,600 plants per hectare.

The Sangiovese, meanwhile, gained an identity all its own: softer, with sweeter tannins, and became in fact the Sangiovese from San Patrignano.

Today white, red and sparkling wines produced by the community are exported all over the world, from Quebec to Finland, from South Africa to Australia.

Grapes and wine will certainly play their part, but it is above all the children of San Patrignano who make all this special, because they are the ones who follow the entire production process, from the vineyards to bottling, with passion and dedication.

«Wine, explains the community, «becomes a means through which to express the desire to do and give one's best, to create something truly exceptional and unique. In short, a glass that gives joy to those who drink it as much, and perhaps more, to those who produce it.

San Patrignano presents the 2020 Auction in support of the community – Italian Cuisine

San Patrignano presents the 2020 Auction in support of the community


The usual auction in favor of the Rimini community lands on the web. In support of the initiative, many ambassadors, from Cristina Parodi, to Cristiana Capotondi, from Vittorio Brumotti to chef Davide Oldani

The annual charity auction organized by San Patrignano to raise funds in support of the Community, now in its twenty-first edition, will be held from 29 October to 16 November 2020 online through the CharityStars platform.

Over a hundred selected lots, including photographs of important artists, high-quality products made by fashion and design names, also in collaboration with the artistic and professional sectors of San Patrignano, exclusive or personalized fashion accessories, jewelery and watches precious, fine wines, works of art.

The 2020 edition is aimed at helping San Patrignano in its essential needs, ensuring acceptance and continuity in complying with the three fundamental principles of the mission: recovery, training and prevention. San Patrignano urgently needs immediate and concrete help in order to face the future and the new challenges that will arise.

The proceeds from the auction will serve to give hope to the many young people entrusted to the Community, guaranteeing them a home, health and legal assistance, specific professional training. A path that marks the time of their rebirth, until the moment they return to society and their families.

The lots will be exhibited at Palazzo Clerici, concurrently with the exhibition of the works of the "Modern and Contemporary" auction of Christie's Italia, from 30 October to 1 November from 10 to 19. In order to access it is necessary to book on the website https: //eventi.sanpatrignano.org/asta2020/.

A digital challenge was also created to support the initiative: #THECHARITYCHALLENGE stars numerous ambassadors – including Cristina Parodi, Cristiana Capotondi, Vittorio Brumotti and Davide Oldani – who, through their Instagram profiles, will personally activate to involve their followers who in turn will be able to "nominate" other people in order to create a chain of solidarity with the motto of #TOGETHER WE MAKE DIFFERENCE.
As in a big family, everyone brings their own contribution. Because every little gesture can make a difference.

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