Summer in Montalcino.. happy like our vines!!
It is often thought that Summer in Italy is too hot to enjoy. A lot of the people tend to prefer to come to Italy during Spring and Fall,...
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Ed Riddell
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Another Good Reason To Come To Italy In Spring.
In late winter and spring when you buy oranges you can select blood oranges from Sicily. They are called blood oranges, um, because of...
Ed Riddell
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Our New Bambini
When we arrived at the Villa two days ago, our winemaker, friend, gardener extraordinaire and agronomist, Matteo Turchi, presented us...
Ed Riddell
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Exploring The Back Streets Of Tuscan Hill Towns.
One of our favorite things to do on a spring afternoon is drive the back roads around Montalcino. If we see a little town up on a hill...
Ed Riddell
- Apr 29, 2022
- 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...
Ed Riddell
- Apr 25, 2022
- 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.
Ed Riddell
- Apr 21, 2022
- 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...
Ed Riddell
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
It's Dawn In Italy (and it's been a long hard night).
Italy is back after two years of Covid lockdowns.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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