We are pleased to announce to our guests, our friends and those who don’t know our property that the Romantic Garden of the Villa di Monaciano is now online at the website “Parchi più belli d’Italia” (most beautiful parks of Italy) http://www.parcopiubello.it (currently only in Italian).
Here is the press release:
ONLINE THE NEW PORTAL OF THE [...]
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Opening on March 26th is the show curated by Max Seidel,“From Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello. The Arts in Siena in the Early Renaissance.” Its main venue will be the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex, but it will take visitors on a special discovery tour of a Siena that, on a parallel path with [...]
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The Tenuta of Monaciano would like to offer two different possibilities to relax and celebrate a romantic Valentine’s Day with the one you love: a quick love escape to enjoy the magical charm of Tuscany, in the heart of the Chianti and only 5 minutes from Siena with the one [...]
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On Friday evening our new olive oil arrived here at Monaciano. Days and days of harvesting were worth it as the oil is superb. On Monday we will be having a tasting of the oil as well as our wines for those who are spending this long weekend with us. Wish you could be here!
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Last month we held a graduation party at the Villa of Monaciano and we wanted to post some of the photos to show how special it is to hold an event, be it a graduation, wedding or birthday at a splendid Villa in the Chianti.
The graduate, Dr. Dora Piperno
The Villa is a perfect [...]
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On the 18th of October 2009 the 3th annual Chianti Ecomarathon at Castelnuovo Beradenga, (15 km from Siena) will be held. Castelnuovo Berardenga is one of the Italian “Slow Cities and and the centre of the Cities of Wine” .
The route will take you on paths (only 2.5 km of asphalt) through some of the [...]
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On Monday (21/9/09) we started the wine harvest, picking the white grapes that we grow here. We took some pictures to give you an idea of the fun we have.
The process for white grapes is different than for red grapes due to the facta that it is always done by hand, one bunch at a [...]
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On Friday (21/8) we held another concert, this time in the Ballroom of the Villa.
We had the lovely Marina Ortona Ascarelli playing this time.
Here is the program for the event:
Villa di Monaciano – Sala della Musica
A Gift to the Great Music of America
Pianist: Marina Ortona Ascarelli
Friday, 21 August 2009 at 6 pm.
Bewitched – Rogers & [...]
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