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Borgo Case al Vento - Tuscany

 

Admire the carved shapes of vineyards and olive groves, while listening to the sound of silence. Let yourself become intoxicated by a unique wine, and discover its hidden secrets.

Let our wine be your sweet therapy, regenerating your taste, and purifying your skin. Discover the flavour of simple meals made with true ingredients.

Casa al Vento is the essence of Chianti : flavour and wellness.

Borgo Casa al Vento is the fruit of an everlasting love, and of the extraordinary passion that Ria and Pino Gioffreda bestowed upon it. It is the realization of a dream and their greatest masterpiece.


Restaurant
An authentic Italian kitchen which offer meals linked to the tradition of the Chianti and to the organic products of our soil.


Homemade pasta, vegetables from our garden, game from nearby hunting preserves, and our extra virgin olive oil flavor all the meals. The restaurant created in the ancient vaulted wine cellar is a structure of unique architectural value.

Cooking Classes

Cooking classes are organized in an informal and convivial atmosphere, and each guest is actively involved in the kitchen.

The choice of ingredients, the food preparation and the cooking is all done under the supervision of our Chef.

Tuscan cuisine is unique and based on the simplicity of raw materials, cooked with skillful craftsmanship.

Tuscan history speaks of agriculture and simple living, therefore we find in these dishes the use of ingredients of the common people who could not afford luxuries in the kitchen - olive oil that replaced lard, vegetables as a base for the soups instead of meat, chestnut flour, and so on.

There was a period around the XII century when the taxes for salt grew to such an excess that the people began to bake thier bread without it - Tuscan bread (pane Toscano) is traditionally unsalted to this day and combines with the tasty specialties of the Chianti Zone well.

Together with our chef Vito we will assemble genuine ingredients using ancient culinary traditions, genuine methods of preparation, and a love for Italian cuisine.

The course is 2 to 3 hours long, and afterwards we will eat together to test the results, accompanied by our wine of course, which is always very good!

A sample menu:

  • Chicken liver crostini
  • Home made pasta with wild pork sauce
  • Florentine trippa
  • Cantuccini biscuits

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Directions

Farmhouse Borgo Casa al Vento
Loc. Casa al Vento, Gaiole in Chianti (Siena), Italy.
tel +39-0577-749068             +39-0577-749068      
fax +39-0577-744649
e:mail: info@borgocasaalvento.com

By car from Florence's Airport, it takes about 1.5 hours to get to Borgo Casa al Vento and 1/2 hour from Siena's railwaystation.
 
By car
from Florence or Rome: Take A1 Highway (Milano-Napoli), exit at Valdarno and follow directions to Montevarchi and then take the road s.s.408 to Siena or Gaiole in Chianti. From the village of Gaiole in Chianti follow the directions for "Borgo Casa al Vento" and Barbischio. Before entering the hamlet of Barbischio, turn right and then follow the road for 1.5 km Show the map.
 
Satellite position
43° 27,02 N
011° 27,17 E
 
By train or airplane
You can either arrive at Firenze central railway station, or at Firenze, Pisa or Bologna airports. You will then have to arrange your travel by taxi or car rental. 
 
We have special arrangements set in place with some local companies that offer these services. 

If you need more information about transfers to and from the main railway stations or airports in Tuscany, please do not hesitate to contact us.