Agricola Calafata’s farm is just outside of the charming small town of Lucca, where Tuscany borders southern Liguria. The winery was founded by “10 crazy friends,” explains Mauro Montanaro, none of which had any experience in farming or wine making. “We fell in love with the area, the old vines, the olive groves, but we also wanted to have a social cause. We were the first winery to be a Società Cooperativa Sociale in Tuscany, helping kids that were in exile, kids that had drug problems, mental issues, or wanted to begin a life again after being in jail. We’re now a big crazy group.” Calafata has 9 hectares of vineyards and 3 hectares of olive groves; another 8 hectares are dedicated to farming all kinds of vegetable delights, including the Slow Food awarded local red beans called Fagioli Rossi di Lucca. We’ll be bringing in some of them, and some honey through PortoCibo too