Montecastelli™ Selections: Italian regional boutique wines, Tuscan Organic Olive Oils, Balsamic vinegars, Castello Villa Rentals

From our home at Montecastelli in central Tuscany, Italy, we extend an invitation to share our joy for food and wine to guests at our 11th century fortress and working organic farm, where we offer culinary oriented customized vacations at the Villa Montecastello and in depth wine exploration since 2005!

Montecastelli is a working, organic farm where Jens Schmidt produces Primo Olio, one of Italy’s finest extra virgin olive oils, and raises Cinta Senese Pigs for production of fine salumi products, all made available to guests of Villa Montecastello for a true farm to table experience.

At Montecastelli™ Selections, a US based company, Jens extends his insight and knowledge of Italian fine foods and wine to the professional and the passionate. Traveling the hidden roads of agricultural Italy, Jens searches for the most stunning and truthful examples of food and wine, making them available to all international markets.

Montecastelli™ Selections is the importer of these fine food selections in the United States and Germany, sharing our new discoveries and knowledge with you via our newsletter. Our wine selections are imported by Regal Wine Imports, licensed importers and distributors in the US. For other non-US markets please inquire by email (info@montecastelli.com).

Montecastelli™ Selections is also the exclusive agent for all culinary travels offered through our Italian home, Villa Montecastello. Be it cooking classes, wine tours through the vineyards of Italy, culinary itineraries, honeymoon packages or the celebration of your wedding, allow us to create your dream experience, pamper and thrill you, at one of the most relaxing and peaceful mountaintop locations in the Tuscany countryside.

Salute!

Wine

As a Fine Wine broker and Importer, Montecastelli™ Selections has worked closely with vintners and enologists in Italy since 1998 sponsoring the development of Italian indigenous varietal wines. Starting from Montecastelli™, an 11th century monastery where we live and work in Tuscany, our reach has widened and today we are present in every wine growing region in Italy selecting wines for your fine wine market.

Distribution

All wines are available in the US exclusively through Regal Wine Imports.

Olive Oil

As a Fine Food selector in Italy, Montecastelli™ Selections brings to the US: Tuscan Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and from Modena, Artisan Balsamic vinegar and its rarified sister, 'Agrodolce,' from specially chosen small estates that rely 100% on their own agricultural production. Indigenous heirloom varietal plants paired with traditional methods revisited with today’s meticulous research deliver the most that nature can bring to your table.

Farm

Montecastelli™ is a small hilltop farm located in central Tuscany, Italy. Here is where we grow our olives for the primo OLIOÂ™ Extra Virgin olive oil and keep our Cinta Senese pigs and here is where everything started, with our fascination for organic foods and fine wine. Originally an 11th century monastery, Montecastelli™ has been restored over the past 10 years mostly by us, into a fully functioning farm.

Villa

Montecastelli™ also offers Villa accommodation for those seeking a hidden vacation rental. The Montecastello Villa has been restored with every attention to detail and history. Only an hour from the Florence airport and 20 minutes from Siena, Montecastelli™ nestles at the foot of the Montagnola nature reserve where you can hike or mountain bike, hunt for mushrooms or walk through the woods to the next village for lunch. Enjoy the privacy of Montecastelli™ with our organically grown foods, a wine cellar of the best wines from all over Italy, our lovely swimming pool and the stunning views toward San Gimignano from your own bedroom window.