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Address: Località Dievole, 6 Vagliagli 53019 Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI) Italy Phone: +39 0577 322632 Website: www.villa-dievole.com Welcome to the Hotel & Wine Resort Villa Dievole; A 4-star Hotel & Wine Resort. In no other location is Heaven so close to the Earth as at Dievole. Formerly home to the Florentine nobility, Villa Dievole [...]
Crowning the dream arising from the passion for wine and good cuisine, Gilda and Maurizio transformed the wine bar created in 1989 into a wine cellar & restaurant named Enotria: land of wine. Wine Spectator has given Enotria thier Award of Excellence for the breadth and quality of their wine list. Locals and tourists alike have given rave reviews to the accompanying food.
A blend of grace, refinement and sobriety combined with passion and research, defines the environment of the restaurant. A feeling of beauty, charm, and care for detail and politeness all do meet in the steady quality of the welcome and in an increasingly careful service. Enoteca Pinchiorri is rated as one of the top 50 restaurants in the world (Ranked #32) by the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants , was awarded a top honor by Wine Spectator magazine and is one of very few Michelin three-star restaurants in Italy.
The restaurant is made out from an old olive oil mill set in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, with a view facing Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino and the Amiata mountain. It is possible to taste gastronomic Tuscan specialities, with products grown on the farm as well as from the best of the local market. During the season, truffles and porcini mushrooms are picked locally. There is an extraordinary selection of local wines, with special attention to Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano and Chianti Classico. “Supertuscans” such as Sassicaia, Solaia, Ornellaia Tiganello and Pergole Torte are never missing; but the wine cellar also offers Château Lafite, Mouton Rothschild, Château Petrus, Romanée Conti, Opus One and other jewels of the international enology.
In the restaurant there are two dining rooms, in the main one we have 60 seats with big and luminous windows where one can admire the splendid Chiantigiane hills , the other is in the cellar of the Restaurant, for 25 people. During the summer and fall, our guests can eat in outside on the “veranda”. In this very particular atmosphere the restaurant presents to you an evocative menu , based upon the rich antique style of Tuscany where only the best of ingredients are used and accompained with great wine and professional, friendly and attentive service.
The Enoteca Italiana, a public institution unique of its kind in Italy, was founded in 1960 as a tool for the Ente Mostra Mercato Nazionale dei Vini a DOC e di Pregio (National Fair/Market Board for DOC and Premium Wines), instituted earlier in 1933 and recognized by Presidential Decree in 1950. Its purpose is to inform people about Italy’s great wines and wineries, and valorize and promote them. It is headquartered in Siena, in the northwestern bastions of the Medici Fortress “an imposing yet harmonious testimonial to 16th-century military architecture where more than 1,500 wines are on permanent display. The restaurant offers local specialties that pair extremely well with the fantastic selection of local wines.