Dario Castagno

Dario Castagno (born 1967)^{[citation needed]} is a former tour guide and an author, originally from England, now based in Italy^{[citation needed]} .

Castagno was born in the Wimbledon district of London,^{[citation needed]} England, in 1967 and moved to Italy in 1977 when his parents decided to return to their homeland.^{[citation needed]}

The Castagno family purchased a house secluded in the Chianti hills of Tuscany, Italy, close to Siena, and Dario was very much attracted by this environment that had given birth and inspired such an incredible number of artists and geniuses.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of fifteen, Castagno dropped out of school and found employment in a winery and several years later started conducting off the beaten path tours through the Chianti region.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote his memoirs in a book Too Much Tuscan Sun — The Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide that was translated into various languages and that was a 2005 New York Times notable book^{[citation needed]} and a sequel A Day in Tuscany-More Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide followed by a third volume Too Much Tuscan Wine. He is the protagonist of the movie My Chianti-A Day in the Life of a Tuscan Author.^{[citation needed]}

Dario Castagno is a member of the Noble Bruco Contrada in Siena^{[citation needed]} and today lives an isolated existence in the small village of Vagliagli.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

-Too Much Tuscan Sun published in 2005 by Globe Pequot Press. -A Day in Tuscany published in 2007 by Globe Pequot Press. -Too Much Tuscan Wine published in 2008 by Rasna. -An Osteria in Chianti published in 2010 by Barbera

Cinematography

• My Chianti produced by Moviement in 2007.

Video documentaries

• Siena a World Apart produced by Moviement in 2006.
• Siena The Days of the Palio produced by Video Pro in 2002.

External links

• Dario Castagno website

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