Montecastelli Selections

12/04/2014

Chef Marco Canora's Tuscan Cooking School July 2015 http://conta.cc/1w3Ol63

For anyone who enjoys cooking, there is no better way to sharpen your techniques and expand your skills and love for Italian cooking than in the setting of the 1000 year old private estate, Villa Montecastello, an immaculately renovated 11th century fortress perched high atop a hillside in the heart…

12/02/2014

Villa Montecastello Guest Chef Series - Summer 2015 http://conta.cc/1ru3DKd

Join Chef Marco Canora, Michelin-starred chef and owner of New York City's Hearth Restaurant, Terroir Wine Bars and his new celebrated bone broth concept, Brodo, for his annual Tuscan Cooking School at Villa Montecastello.   The author of cookbook 'Salt to Taste'and the highly anticipated 'A Good Fo…

10/08/2014

Harvest photos from our friends at Di Giovanna in Sicily.

2014 harvest at Di Giovanna

07/15/2014

Fathom interviews Marco Canora about his cooking classes at Villa Montecastello! Plus check out our guest chef line up for summer 2015 - dates to be announced this fall!

What's the mistake all amateur cooks make? Cutting boards that are too damn small. Not understanding salt. Thinking Italian food is full of garlic.

07/01/2014

Win a trip for 2 to Villa Montecastello! Sign up below!

Win a wine week for 2 in Tuscany!

06/19/2014

Di Giovanna winery highlighted in AFAR Magazine! Thanks Chef Gabrielle Hamilton for shining some light on the beautiful wines these brothers are producing in Sicily!

05/08/2014

JOIN GROVE & VINE IN ITALY - AUGUST 17-23

04/08/2014

JOIN CULINARY EXPERTS DAN AMATUZZI & NICHOLAS COLEMAN AT VILLA MONTECASTELLO - AUGUST 17-23 http://conta.cc/1efuY1B

02/19/2014

Check out this amazing food and wine tour we are running with Jetsetter this spring. 5 days left to book!

Eat, drink and cook your way through Tuscany on this five-day tour with Montecastelli Selections. Based in a beautifully restored hilltop villa surrounded by a working organic farm, you’ll tour the region’s top vineyards and boutique cellars, interact with local wine producers, learn the art of Ital...

11/01/2013

Join us for a very special evening with Barolo winemaker, Marco Parusso. His selection of limited and rare wines from the Parusso estate dating back to 1998 will be paired with a custom created fall harvest menu by Chef Bouley.

10/25/2013

Villa Montecastello is a unique and magical setting for culinary and wine inspired Tuscan holidays. Take a peek into Chef Marco Canora's Tuscan Cooking Schoo...

04/24/2013

A beautiful Villa Montecastello wedding featured on Fly Away Bride.

http://flyawaybride.com/intimate-wedding-in-chianti/

This Canadian couple traveled to Italy for an intimate wedding in Chianti in a villa that was almost too perfect!

02/28/2013

Primo Olio 2012 Harvest Has Arrived! http://conta.cc/XGJIs9

At Montecastelli we pride ourselves always being among the first to harvest our olives, guaranteeing freshest flavors for our Primo Olio. Well, this year was different.  An unusually long draught and a rather hot summer sent central Italian agriculture into a state of shock and most crops were left…

02/27/2013

Chef Marco Canora Cooking Class in Tuscany at Villa Montecastello http://conta.cc/Y0WWzd

12/24/2012