Riso Maremma
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Directly from the rice field to your table. In a totally unspoilt environment, only recently devoted to the cultivation of rice, three rice-farming partners operate and personally attend to every single step of their rice’s journey from the field to your table. After careful preparation of the land between the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the pure waters of the River Ombrone are allowed to flow into the rice fields, flooding them with rich nutrients which will nourish the rice plants and ensure their perfect and healthy growth without the use of additional polluting substances. Late spring sees the most delicate stage; the sowing of the rice seeds. This is the most essential stage for a successful and healthy crop. Wild rice, “giavone”, and other swamp grasses could wreak havoc and damage the rice crop if left undisturbed. Expert hands, therefore, rather than chemical herbicides, are called upon to weed the rice fields for days and days selecting each plant to leave only the small rice saplings to sprout undisturbed in the enormous pools of water. Only then, the undisputable prince of the paddy field, the Riso Maremma rice grain, can grow and safely ripen protected by its golden ears.