Since ever the people at Ripa d’Orcia Castle have been taking care of the land and of his natural products with great passion and tenacity. The official deeds kept at the Castle (from XVI century onwards) states that the vines and the olive trees were cultivated wherever it was viable. In particular the vineyards, either specialized or together with other productions, were concentrated near the farmhouses and in the land around the Castle – where the people could protect them from the animals and the thieves.