honeymooninitaly

My fiancé and I will be in the Tuscany region for 5 days during our honeymoon in early May. Does anyone know of any Vineyards that may have sleeping accommodations (hotel etc..)?

DRJ

I have stayed at Fattoria Barbi, a few km. south of Montalcino. It was a tiny apartment and thay may have a half dozen apartments and rooms. It is a well respected producer of Brunello. There is a restaurant on the property also. I assume they have a website.

honeymooninitaly

I should have also added that I prefer white wine to red.

Eloise

Almost all of the better Tuscan wine is unfortunately white. There is a very forgettable white Vernaccia made near San Gimignano. This agriturismo produces Vernaccia but it doesn't seem to have a restaurant:

http://www.sangimignano.com/poggiacolle/indexe.htm

Lungarotti, one of the largest wine producers in Umbria, makes white wine, has sleeping accommodations and an excellent restaurant, but only takes reservations for a full week, from Saturday to Saturday.

Eloise

Correction: That should, of course, read that almost all the better Tuscan wine is unfortunately <b>red</b>.

chicagolori

Villa Vignamaggio (north of Castellin and south of Greve) is heavenly. Its a working vineyard with lovely accomodations and great service. Good restaurants in the area as well. Its special.

nospam

Try a google/yahoo search using the term agritourism. This is a HUGE segment of the tourism industry now in Tuscany. It involves agricultural (read vineyards) homes offering tourist accomodation and meals. The rule is that 80% of the food served must originate from the actual farm. This is very, very popular. Just for starts, try:
http://www.italiansrus.com/articles/...gritourism.htm
and
http://www.holidayfarm.net/en/toscana/index.htm
The latter site is really interesting as it will outline exactly what you will find on site.
Good luck!

SusanEva

Hi HMII,

Agree with the suggestion for Villa Vignamaggio. If you search here on that villa you will see lots of comments by those who have stayed there.

We enjoyed a small agriturismo in the heart of Chiant area, La Spinosa. Here's their website:
http://www.laspinosa.it/

Have fun!

panecott

The Villa Vistarenni outside of Siena has a beautiful main villa - which may be too large for just the two of you - and also has smaller apts. on the grounds.
I went to a luncheon/wine tasting there as part of wedding festivities in 2004. The setting and views were spectacular, villa was beautiful and the food and wine were outstanding.
tuscany.net/vistarenni. Good luck.

constant

A great many vineyards offer accommodation in Tuscany. For the Chianti Classico wine zone, look at the list on www.greve-in-chianti.com. As indicated in the other responses, there are few if any memorable white wines originating in Tuscany. So if you're eating out and need a white wine, I strongly recommend you ask if they have the slightly frizzante white wine imported in bulk from Veneto - this is commonly the white house wine, it's light in alcohol and extremely refreshing. The restaurant at the Casa del Popolo in Greve and the Ristorante Il Lago in the country near Dudda both serve it, to take but two examples.

weasel

Hi My husband and I stayed at Castello di Velona just outside Montalcino. It is a restored Castle and was incredible. We bid on 5 nights through luxurylinkused this as our base. It is not a winery but they make there own Olive Oil. Castello Banfi is 30 min drive away. There are several vineyards. around Montalcino you need to contact them in advance if you want tours as they don't give regular ones like in Napa/Sonoma