Farm experiences

3 days in Valdorcia, to discover and rediscover

Today and in a few days time I propose 2 itineraries for those coming for the first time to the area and also for those who already know this territory. I hope to interest you and help you discover more

Bagno Vignoni Orto delle Terme

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

To be guided by those who live here is completely different to an itinerary written by a professional guide because the choice of places is dictated by emotions rather than by their historical or artistic value, for this reason the programme is more intimate and maybe more fun.

To the area included in the Parco della Valdorcia -Castiglion d’Orcia, Montalcino, Pienza, Radicofani and San Quirico – I add the Val d’Asso which historically belonged to the same territory, it is the land of the white truffle and the terracotta, San Giovanni d’Asso and Trequanda where Fattoria del Colle is found.

Piviale Pope Pius II

Today’s itinerary is for those who have been in this area many many times. It stays clear of the cult places, those that are more famous.

You need a camera and comfy shoes because you will be walking a lot. It goes without saying that I suggest sleeping at Fattoria del Colle!

7 dishes and 7 wines for 7 dinners

Restyling for the Osteria at Fattoria del Colle that proposes a weekly calendar of dishes made to measure for Brunello, Chianti, Orcia  e Supertuscan

Roasted duck breast- Cenerentola

The Chef Roberta Archetti who for the past few years has collaborated with Donatella Cinelli Colombini, has dedicated months to studying some recipes able to emphasize the wines Casato Prime Donne and Fattoria del Colle.
Roberta started form the culinary traditions and the prime ingredients, in majority of local produce, such as the Cinta Senese medieval pork breed or the Chianina meat, the Pecorino cheese or the Lentils from Castelluccio for the nearby Umbria, to all of which she has added a sprinkling of creativity. The result is a fantastic weekly programme of 7 dishes for 7 dinners matched with Brunello, Chianti Superiore, Orcia and Supertuscan  wines which allow for a different and intrigueing tasting.

Ravioli stuffed with pecorino- Leone Rosso DOC Orcia

Reversed roles as usually the food is chosen first, whereas in the case the best wines including Brunello, the Brunello “Prime donne” 2010 and the Riserva 2008  where they have been an inspiration for the creation of recipes to be matched with them

The idea is of proposing a different dinner for our guests together with a different wine in a silver frame exhibited in place of honour in the dining room. It will be  Florjan Canaj, our young maitre who will tell guests the virtues and small anecdotes about the dishes and the wine, including the ratings that at present are rewarding our wonderful Brunello 2010.

Valentine’s Day with a couple’s massage and a nice wine bath

Eros and relax at Fattoria del Colle with its tub for couple wine bathing and a couple’s massage with extra virgin olive oil with its sensual virtues

Fattoria-del-Colle-vioteraphy and couple's massage

Not many know this and that is why it is worth trying it now: extra virgin olive oil has aphrodisiacal proprieties and is indicated as an essential emollient to unleash sexuality. The massage with oil, especially if done as a couple prepares the skin for caresses and stimulates the pleasure with its aroma which added to lavender or other natural essences acts as aromatherapy and helps seduction on its way.
Where better to have this experience than at Fattoria del Colle? In the heart of Tuscany, in the midst of olive groves and vineyards, where there is a small 16th century hamlet where one can stay, eat a candle- lit dinner and regenerate in the wellness area. An area where every detail is cared for, exclusive, equipped with sauna, Turkish baths, mini-pool with Jacuzzi, and an area for couples with a wooden tub where to soak in wine and couches for couple massages. The regenerating relaxing and rejuvenating virtues of the water, extra virgin olive oil and wine from Montalcino will make you Valentines’ Day unforgettable

New year at Fattoria del Colle as a couple or with friends

Relaxation and great wines, massages and guided winery tours, dinners and vinotherapy, cookery lessons to lean the local cuisine, this is what  will be waiting for you at fattoria del Colle

New Year 2012 Fattoria del Colle sala liberty

Fattoria del Colle is in a corner of Tuscanystill miraculously intact, it is practically a small hamlet surrounding a chapel and  a villa from the 16th century. There are rooms with bathroom and apartments  (from to 2 to 14 guests) where the antique furniture adds a touch of intimacy which reminds one of our grandparents homes. A place apt for relaxation and where one can enjoy the splendid panoramas.
The main protagonist is the wine, with the vineyards around the estate and the cellar under the villa. To the  Chianti and Orcia wines produced at Fattoria del Colle must be added the Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino coming from Casato Prime Donne belonging to the same owner. Great wines to which dinners and tours will be dedicated as well as the couples bathing time in the tub for vinotherapy and the massages with products made from grapes and wine in the newest part of our wellness centre. A harmonious world of good things to be discovered in a fun and stimulating way  through many brief experiences and especially thanks to the guided and itinerant tastings.
For the New Year period enjoy friendship, nature and some gluttony!

3 romantic days as a couple € 248 per person + New Years Eve dinner 90€

Vinotherapy at Fattoria del Colle countryinn

2 nights in double room with bathroom and breakfast with home baked cakes, local cold cuts and  cheeses

Wellness – vinotherapy and couple massages

1 dinner with wine tasting with 4 courses and 3 wines
Guided tour of the Brunello winery and brief tasting
Itinerant tasting and tour of the historic halls at Fattoria del Colle
Cookery lesson regarding the Sienese Christmas cakes

3 days on the estate for the New year with family, friends and four-legged friends € 176 a persona + New Years Eve dinner 90€
2 nights in an apartment  (2 bedrooms 1 bathroom – 3 bedrooms -2 bathrooms) self catering
1 dinner in the restaurant at Fattoria del Colle with 4 courses and 3 wines
Two hour wellness experience with Turkish bath, sauna, sensorial shower, and mini Jacuzzi with chromotherapy
Guided tour of the Brunello winery and a brief tasting
Itinerant tasting and tour of the historic halls of  Fattoria del Colle
Cookery lesson regarding the Sienese Christmas cakes

On your skin the long lasting youthfulness of the Montalcino wines

At Fattoria del Colle the room for the couple massages with grape powder, the fluid and serum from wine, next to the cave for lovers Vinotherapy

wine and wellness at fattoria_del_Colle

The Brunello, wine made with only Sangiovese, that challenges time and after years and years is still alive, refined and intriguing maybe contains the magical virtues that give skin the same youthfulness?
It is worth trying.
For this reason Donatella Cinelli Colombini has acquired from her winery Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino, the substances to produce grape powder, saline wine scrub, wine serum and wine massage fluid …. All that gives wellness and youthfulness to the skin.
These products contain the virtues of prestigious wines and will be used in a small massage room with 300 years of history: stone walls, a medieval stairway has been transformed into shelves, the 18th century flooring is rustic but original. Everything has been studied in the minimum detail so as to offer the guests at Fattoria del Colle a regenerating experience in every way, starting from the wellness area with the Turkish baths, sauna, sensorial shower and Jacuzzi, or in the small cave with its wooden tub that seats two where one soaks in wine, to then continue with a couples massage where the products used are made from the wines from Montalcino. A unique experience to which we can add a tasting of wonderful Brunello.

The most beautiful farm wedding ever

Fattoria del Colle is a romantic antique location where every couple can have the wedding of their dreams with three small romantic wedding rites

Wedding lunch at Fattoria del Colle

Fattoria del Colle is several hundred years old and for this reason it can offer a wedding couple something unique and unforgettable such as the wedding night in the bedroom that once belonged to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. At the end of the Eighteenth century the farm was a secret hideaway for the Gran Duke of Tuscany  Pietro Leopoldo d’Asburgo and his lover Isabella. The bedroom built for them has a decorated ceiling and antique furnishings.
For an unforgettable honeymoon two hours in the exclusive wellness centre ,wine therapy, couple massages and a Jacuzzi at sunset with a well wishing toast in candle light.  Warm water, effusions in an area where every detail is carefully planned. Before leaving there is another rite: the love  padlock to be sealed in the  Fantabosco at Fattoria del Colle so that it will remain for ever as a souvenir of the wedding couple.

Three details which distinguish the weddings organized at Fattoria del Colle and make them particularly romantic and sensational.

Fattoria del Colle wedding

Fattoria del Colle is a small hamlet with a chapel, a villa, parks, and all surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and an extraordinarily beautiful panorama. A large open space where every wedding couple can organize their “custom fitted” wedding completely different from all others. A great outdoor ceremony and party, aperitif around the swimming pools, wedding banquet and cutting of the cake, open bar and a DJ for dancing under the trees which shine with small lights until late….The intimate celebration inside the San Clemente chapel and a banquet for few. The wine wedding in the cellar and the gourmand banquet with haut cuisine dishes and Brunello from great vintages.