A “culinary” week at Montestigliano can allow you, as a guest the opportunity to enter a professional kitchen together with the masters who hold Tuscany’s best-kept secrets. They will show you how to prepare wonderful dishes using only the best and freshest ingredients.

The thrill of the local wild boar, truffles brought back in your very own hands, recipes using ‘real’ balsamic vinegar, bread freshly baked in the wood burning oven. You will taste fine wines and savor the texture and flavor of the delicious local pecorino cheeses.

Montestigliano offers several culinary weeks a year based on the season which is something essential in understanding Italian cuisine. We invite you to discover The Secret Pleasures of Tuscany !

Wine
For centuries, travelers have flocked to Tuscany for its wealth of historic cities such as Florence, San Gimignano and Siena. Tuscany, the fifth largest region in Italy, has been making wine for centuries, but it is only over the last two decades or so that it has emerged as a leading producer of quality wines. Now wine lovers can add the region’s important wineries to their list of destinations.

Set amid the incomparable beauty of the Italian countryside there are hundreds of wine estates to choose from. Whether you favor Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino or Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, the guest manager at Montestigliano will guide you to the best wineries in the region.

Oil
Olive oil is the most essential ingredient in the Italian kitchen and each producer claims his is superior. November is one of the most exciting times to be at Montestigliano. Participate in the olive harvest seeing the olives pressed and being privy to the first taste of the finest extra, extra virgin oil. The possibilities are endless; choose to be a part of of this special experience.

Montestigliano... Something For Everyone Under The Tuscan Sun