Final Availability for Spring/Summer 2024
Two last minute cancellations have left two much coveted dates open at Villa Palazzetta: June 4-10 (six nights) and July 28 - August 1 (4...
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Ed Riddell
Oct 5, 20233 min read
La Vendemmia (Italian for "the wine harvest")
The Villa Palazzetta wine harvest is a family affair. We arrived at Villa Palazzetta at 10pm on Monday night. It was dark so we couldn't...
lisajane4
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Summer in Montalcino.. happy like our vines!!
It is often thought that Summer in Italy is too hot to enjoy. A lot of the people tend to prefer to come to Italy during Spring and Fall,...
Ed Riddell
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Perhaps Our Most Beautiful Spring Ever In Montalcino.
Thunderstorm over Val d'Orcia, Tuscany
Ed Riddell
May 24, 20231 min read
Villa Palazzetta Five Years Later . . .
Villa Palazzetta in 2023
Ed Riddell
Apr 18, 20231 min read
Another Good Reason To Come To Italy In Spring.
In late winter and spring when you buy oranges you can select blood oranges from Sicily. They are called blood oranges, um, because of...
Ed Riddell
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Our New Bambini
When we arrived at the Villa two days ago, our winemaker, friend, gardener extraordinaire and agronomist, Matteo Turchi, presented us...
Ed Riddell
Mar 17, 20231 min read
A VERY RARE AVAILABILITY IN TUSCANY'S MOST BEAUTIFUL SEASON.
Because of a very recent cancellation Villa Palazzetta is now available from May 15 to May 28 which is probably the absolute best time to...
Ed Riddell
Feb 21, 20211 min read
What I Did Last October At Villa Palazzetta During Our Mandatory 14-Day Self Quarantine
This video is made from 39 still images selected from more than 500 cloud photos taken during our 14-day Covid self-quarantine at the...
Ed Riddell
Feb 14, 20212 min read
Look Who Recently Came To (And Made) Dinner At Our Beautiful Villa.
Giada de Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and a big film crew spent a week filming an episode for their new series in September of 2019 (before...
Ed Riddell
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Yes, There Is Life In Italy. And Our Garden Is Living Proof Of That. Thanks To Matteo And Lisa Jane.
Yes, there is life in Italy.
Ed Riddell
Apr 23, 20192 min read
A Birth In The Family
We bought Villa Palazzetta because of its incredible location only five minutes walk from the historic city center. We also bought it...
Ed Riddell
Apr 8, 20191 min read
Welcome Home!
We arrived this spring on April 7th after visiting Matera, an ancient town in southern Italy that was just named one of the Cultural...
Ed Riddell
Apr 1, 20192 min read
A Note From Our First Official Guests
In March our first official guests visited Villa Palazzetta. The note they left in our guestbook says it all. But Maryellen, one of the...
Ed Riddell
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Our Ape Calessino
If you been to an Italian hill town then you've seen Piaggios. After WWII Piaggio invented this small engine, three wheel vehicle as an...
Ed Riddell
Oct 26, 20181 min read
Olive Oil - Start to Finish
Another fall means another olive oil harvest. Matteo Turchi our fantastic groundskeeper did a fabulous job with this year's olive crop....
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