A cradle where to recharge, where to be pampered in a discreet way
Corriere della Sera, year 1978. Ads page: “For sale farmhouse in Tuscany,” followed by a phone number. It was enough to convince Franca Lattuada and her husband to leave Milan for an idea of life that needed the land to grow.
So it was that these two outsiders arrived in Gambassi Terme, or rather, to be precise on a hill nestled in the woods several kilometers from the town, near the ancient Benedictine Convent of San Vettore-where Santa Fina da San Gimignano lived-on the historic route of the Via Salaiola that connected Volterra to Florence.
All this they discovered in time because for the first four years, these two pioneers worked tirelessly to renovate the beautiful 1200 farmhouse and restore the uncultivated, young and promising vineyards.
Today, the adventure can be said to have borne excellent fruit: the farmhouse has come back to life and is a cozy agritourism, the winery is working at full capacity, and Franca’s son Stefan has inherited a passion for the countryside, staying, cultivating and producing good wine.
Their footprint, however, it must be said, is light: on the thirty-seven acres of the property every production is organic, even the energy production is clean.
And this attention can be felt in the balance between architecture and landscape, between the times of work and the times of nature, in Franca’s passion for contemporary art, which here translates into color and form, the energetic force of the earth.
Going up to Pietralta is an experience of space-time disconnection; it is a cradle where one can recharge, where one can be pampered in a discreet way, and where one can feel among friends.
The farmhouse offers hospitality in apartments for 2, 4 or 6 people and keeps the historic structure intact by offering authentic-looking environments.
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In the heart of Tuscany, where nature still carries its weight, Pietralta is a small company that focuses on the quality of its production, enhancing the particularity and uniqueness of its product.
The atmosphere of Pietralta, a mix of history and nature, invites you to relax completely and taste the wines produced on the estate.
The wine shop is always open and for sale you will find four red wines-a Chianti DOCG, a Chianti Riserva DOCG and two Tuscan IGTs, Brinato and Solivagus,-a white IGT Toscano and Terra Rosa, an IGT Rosato Toscano.
Since 1985, the farm has been producing wine and oil using organic farming methods, in the belief that environmental protection also starts with a more conscious agriculture of the products used.
A technically correct wine, produced in large quantities,” they say at Pietralta, ”will never give the emotions of a personal and unique wine, created by the close interaction between man and nature.
The wines produced by the company have won numerous awards and are exported throughout Europe and the US
