Vignamaggio Greve

Our first school field trip was in the hills of Chianti, up winding dirt roads until we reached the Tuscan historical villa, Vignamaggio. The castle, which was built during the Renaissance, is surrounded by gardens and vineyards and olive trees. We also learned that Leonardo da Vinci stayed in the villa for some time to paint the owner's daughter.. …

The day started with a simple buffet breakfast – some cheese, prosciutto, fruit, Tuscan bread, preserves, and coffee.

During breakfast we decided that the staff isn't very friendly here. The owner is too busy running the restaurant to properly run a hotel, and the staff is just not very attentive. I’ll remember this on my …

Yesterday, we ventured into the heart of tuscany to a villa called Vignamaggia. The landscapes were incredible. We first visited the winery where our tour guide explained the process and significance of the Chianti region. Apparently to qualify as a Chianti wine, every step of the process has to occur on site, within the regions of Chianti. They …

Our school here in Florence planned a Friday trip to a Chianti winery. We went to the Vignamaggio Villa for this amazing experience! The visits to the wineries were split up by home university. It was a nice way to see who else I might know from Penn State in my program.
I was with my other roommates that also go to Penn State, Brianna and …

Leaving a week of fun and frolics in Florence and in my little hired Pinto on the other side of the narrow little Italian streets AJ and I head for Greve where we'll meet all the other wedding travellers.


No Sat Nav...nothing! ..not sure how we did it but less than an hour later we drive into the middle of a little village and hear …

... is to make a number of day trips throughout the northern portion of Tuscany. We arrived at our home base, Villa Vignamaggio, Via Petriolo, 5, Greve in Chianti after about an hour drive. Our hotel is a working winery and described at ...

... 45 minutes, and it was a beautiful drive through the Toscana countryside.   Our first winery was the Vignamaggio.  It was south of Greve and up in the hillside so there were wonderful country views.  I'm pretty obsessed with the Toscana ...

... as I haven't seen some of these guys for years, they're mostly all staying at the wedding venue out at Vila Vignamaggio. I like villages and since I'm brave enough to tackle tiny winding streets with stone walls and crazy drivers (I love a challenge :)) ...

Our school here in Florence planned a Friday trip to a Chianti winery. We went to the Vignamaggio Villa for this amazing experience! The visits to the wineries were split up by home university. It was a nice way to see who else I might know from Penn ...

... wines but only purchased which was a very different rosata .  Cant buy too much too quickly. Next winery was Villa Vignamaggio which is owned by a Florence family.  Apparently Mona Lisa was born at this building so we learnt some things about ...

Our stay in Villa Vignamaggio was so nice.  This is what we pictured as Tuscany and what we thought Italy should look like. We had a chance to have dinner with a local family in a small town just outside of Greve.  This was the highlight of the ...

... . We explored a little around town, and then headed for a 12:30 wine tour and lunch at the Vignamaggio winery just a few minutes south of Greve. From their information page "The first owners of Vignamaggio was the Gherardini family in the 1300s ; from a ...

... . Bavarese di Zucchini Gialla or pumpkin mousse with coconut shavings and chocolate bits was a fabulous ending to a great dinner. As Vignamaggio is a working winery, their wine accompanied the meal. Following dinner, it was a short 5 minute walk to our ...