The Azienda Agricola Casanuova is located in the heart of the Chianti, on the ancient road that connects Florence to Siena. These hills, famous for the wine they produce and for the quality of life derived from the meticulous job of generations of men which have modeled this hard and sour soil giving it the image that today is so appreciated. Our farm with our agriturismo allows you to approach the style of "slow life" so aspired by those who live in the chaos of the cities. To our guests we offer [...]

Since 2001 our farm in a plan of reorganization and business exploitation has decided to insert among their own cultures two typical kinds of plant of the history of the Chianti shire that has been abandoned in the years: the lavender and the saffron. The history of the presence of these two plants are very different. Lavender has been introduced in the Chianti at the beginning of XIX century up to halves 1960 when the cultivation has reached an apex of production, in the following years a continuous indifference toward this plant for the grapevine and of the olive has enacted its extinction from our hills. Different it's the history of the saffron, of this bulbous [...]