Like anything important, what they create has evolved over time, just like the best 'spezzatino' you will ever eat that needs to sit on the stove bubbling over a low flame and have Chianti added every now and then. Time and patience, a great team of people around us, wonderful clients (though they would prefer to call them their friends!) and a true passion for what they are doing has really made us the success they are today. And they do add a little Chianti now and again!

They believe in traditional Tuscan food, original recipes, and a good time. Learning through fun and immersing yourself in a historic setting is definitely the best way to take a Taste of Tuscany home with you. All of their chefs are native Tuscans and speak English so understanding won't be a problem. Even if they didn't it's amazing what you can get across using hand gestures, a pot, a knife, some ingredients, lots of laughs and a good bottle of wine. One thing that visitors to Tuscany don't ever have trouble understanding is the passion that Italians have for living well and a huge part of this relates directly to time spent in the kitchen, cooking with family members, making the countless jars of 'salsa di pomodoro' in the summer that involves the young and old and the laughs around the tables during the VERY long meals... these things can only be experienced here. It's difficult to replicate all of this in other countries. Restaurant owners in November will come out to your table and offer you with a proud smile a bottle of bright green 'olio nuovo' ( the new extra virgin olive oil) to try on your bread. This just doesn't happen anywhere else. The farmer next door won't lean over the boundary fence , trim off the almost ripe red grapes from your vines, go and make a wonderful 'schiacciata al uva' and then deliver it to your door with a smile that says ' Please enjoy this cake that I made for you but don't ask me where I got the grapes from'. In their kitchen they do try to share as much as they can of the essence of the Tuscan kitchen with you. They only use the olive oil and wine produced on the estate; all ingredients are bought fresh everyday and only what is in season.