About Us & our family
Amy & Mirco
Amy was born in Boulder Colorado, but in 1988 her father’s second marriage brought her to the small village of Montebenichi in Tuscany. When she arrived there for the first time, she discovered that she had come Home. She attended Italian public schools and then went on to fall in love with wine and start her own business diVino (www.divinotours.com), specializing in private custom wine tours in Italy.
Mirco was born into the world of food and wine, having literally grown up in a restaurant. We went on to tattoo the name of one of the world's greatest wines on his forearm (a gesture that led Amy to believe that Mirco really understood something about true love for wine) and become the Sommelier at his family's restaurant in Le Marche Il Casolare dei Segreti.
The mutual love for wine led Amy and Mirco to meet in 2009 and it wasn’t long before Amy left her home in Montebenichi and moved to the beautiful and undiscovered region of Le Marche. And a dream began to take form – to move closer to the land, to leave the realm of the “consumer” and become farmers. That’s when they found Costa Digiano…
During the year long journey that it took for Amy & Mirco to purchase their land (wading through endless rivers of Italian banks and bureaucracy), they dedicated themselves to learning as much as possible about agriculture, studying biodynamic agriculture, permaculture, beekeeping and more.
They are now striving to put all they have learned, paired to all their love and passion for their land into practice.
Mirco was born into the world of food and wine, having literally grown up in a restaurant. We went on to tattoo the name of one of the world's greatest wines on his forearm (a gesture that led Amy to believe that Mirco really understood something about true love for wine) and become the Sommelier at his family's restaurant in Le Marche Il Casolare dei Segreti.
The mutual love for wine led Amy and Mirco to meet in 2009 and it wasn’t long before Amy left her home in Montebenichi and moved to the beautiful and undiscovered region of Le Marche. And a dream began to take form – to move closer to the land, to leave the realm of the “consumer” and become farmers. That’s when they found Costa Digiano…
During the year long journey that it took for Amy & Mirco to purchase their land (wading through endless rivers of Italian banks and bureaucracy), they dedicated themselves to learning as much as possible about agriculture, studying biodynamic agriculture, permaculture, beekeeping and more.
They are now striving to put all they have learned, paired to all their love and passion for their land into practice.
Stella
Stella arrived in May 2012. We found her abandoned in the mountains above Treia, where she waited for days by the side of the road for whoever had left her there to come back... she was starving and covered in tics and fleas. It was love at first sight and Stella has been my best friend ever since! Stella's favorite thing is running at top speed up and down the Costa, especially barreling through pools of mud and murky puddles of slime on her way back to get more love and snuggles.
Baran
Baran is the newest arrival at Costa Digiano. He came right at the moment when my heart said "I think I really want a horse". On that same day word arrived of a horse destined to become meat for dog food and I couldn't resist going to see him (so naturally he came home with me as well). Baran is the sweetest and most affectionate of horses! His favorite things are green apples (for which he'll gallop at top speed) and having his ears and back scratched. Since we've had Baran our grass never needs to be cut and I have the compost of my dreams!
Lalou
Lalou arrived on a snowy evening in 2010. A little black-calico kitty shivering and purring at the same time under the falling snow. I asked her if she might like to come get warm inside my jacket and then perhaps sleep in our bed from now on. She said yes!
Pinot
Pinot was born a few months later. He's a gorgeous, sweet boy right out of a kitty catalog. Having been born in our bedroom, he has lived a sheltered and comfortable existence and enjoys the simple pleasures of a kitty life. He's very fond of his kibbles and he loves to curl up on your lap and press his front paws into your chin. His fuzzy softness and big green eyes make your heart melt.
Sophie
Sophie was 3 days old when her ferrel mother abandoned her on a chair in the restaurant. When Mirco brought her to me I thought she was a little grey mouse. With eyes and ears closed and umbilical cord still attached, she weighed 118g. The vet said she had very little chance of survival, but we took her in and became her new mom and dad, bottle feeding her day and night, bathing her and keeping her warm for almost 2 months. She's now a beautiful, feisty, smart little kitty. She and Stella are best friends.
Azienda Agricola Costa Digiano
email: info@costadigiano.com; Tel: +39 339 2900763
email: info@costadigiano.com; Tel: +39 339 2900763