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    A New Cadre Of Young Winemakers Emerges In The Land Of Brunello. Here's One Of Our Three Favorites.
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 29
    • 3 min

    A New Cadre Of Young Winemakers Emerges In The Land Of Brunello. Here's One Of Our Three Favorites.

    Lorenzo Magnelli is the great grandson of Fiorella Biondi Santi who was Franco Biondi Santi's sister. She had inherited the land from her...
    A Most Extraordinary Dining Adventure at Ristorante Piera e Beppe (ps-that's not the real name).
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 25
    • 2 min

    A Most Extraordinary Dining Adventure at Ristorante Piera e Beppe (ps-that's not the real name).

    Casa Boscherini At Home Restaurant in the Apennine Mountains high above the upper reaches of the Arno River.
    La Santissima Colazione Di Pasquetta In Montisi (and no, that's not really the Pope).
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 21
    • 1 min

    La Santissima Colazione Di Pasquetta In Montisi (and no, that's not really the Pope).

    Every Monday the day after Easter there is La Santissima Colazione Di Pasquetta in Montisi, a hill town nearby Montalcino. Loosely...
    It's Dawn In Italy (and it's been a long hard night).
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 18
    • 2 min

    It's Dawn In Italy (and it's been a long hard night).

    Italy is back after two years of Covid lockdowns.
    You Can't Believe How Green It Is In Tuscany Now. Here's Why.
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    You Can't Believe How Green It Is In Tuscany Now. Here's Why.

    One of the many reasons we like coming to Tuscany, and especially the Val D'Orcia and Montalcino in spring, is that the rolling hills...
    Look Who Recently Came To (And Made) Dinner At Our Beautiful Villa.
    Ed Riddell
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Look Who Recently Came To (And Made) Dinner At Our Beautiful Villa.

    Giada de Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and a big film crew spent a week filming an episode for their new series in September of 2019 (before...
    Yes, There Is Life In Italy. And Our Garden Is Living Proof Of That. Thanks To Matteo And Lisa Jane.
    Ed Riddell
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Yes, There Is Life In Italy. And Our Garden Is Living Proof Of That. Thanks To Matteo And Lisa Jane.

    Yes, there is life in Italy.
    And Recently Voted One of the Ten Best Restaurants in Tuscany? Our neighbors at Locanda Demetra.
    Ed Riddell
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    And Recently Voted One of the Ten Best Restaurants in Tuscany? Our neighbors at Locanda Demetra.

    Our friends and neighbors at Locanda Demetra started their farm-to-table restaurant a few years back. It used to be easy to show up and...
    In Search of the Elusive "Wild" Tortellini in La Grassa, Otherwise Known as Bologna.
    Ed Riddell
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    In Search of the Elusive "Wild" Tortellini in La Grassa, Otherwise Known as Bologna.

    If you've never eaten Bolognese tortellini in brodo you simply must add this experience to your culinary bucket list.
    A Birth In The Family
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Birth In The Family

    We bought Villa Palazzetta because of its incredible location only five minutes walk from the historic city center. We also bought it...
    A Note From Our First Official Guests
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Note From Our First Official Guests

    In March our first official guests visited Villa Palazzetta. The note they left in our guestbook says it all. But Maryellen, one of the...
    Pizza Night at Villa Palazzetta
    Ed Riddell
    • Sep 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pizza Night at Villa Palazzetta

    When we restored Villa Palazzetta one of the things that was on the top of our list was a real wood-burning pizza oven. Fortunately our...
    Our First Olive Harvest
    Ed Riddell
    • Feb 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Our First Olive Harvest

    Last October we had our first olive harvest as the new owners of Villa Palazzetta. The harvest took place in late October. We harvested...
    Risotto Milanese
    Ed Riddell
    • Apr 15, 2017
    • 1 min

    Risotto Milanese

    Ever heard of Risotto Milanese? Well, here's the real thing from Milan along with a beautiful plate of ripe cherry tomatoes and burrata....

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