Description

B&B Corte di Valle is situated in Tuscany a few kilometres from Greve in Chianti in the Chianti Classico Area. The accommodation offers 12 rooms/suites with bathroom subdivided between villa and "Casa di Caccia" (hunting lodge), where are situated the restaurant, and a small farm shop with typical products. Every room is furnished with antiques, equipped with refridgerator, satellite TV and bathroom with shower and hairdryer. In the surrounding park there are several angles with tables, chairs and banks as well as the swimming pool with an enchanting panorama over the Chianti hills.

A small dirt road leads into the forest with a small lake, ideal for walking and jogging. In the main villa there is the possibility to organize meetings in one of the lounges, offering space up to 15-20 participants.
The history of the manor villa "Corte di Valle" dated back to the beginning of the 20th century, when a Florentine diplomat chose this place to build a home where he wanted to pass the old age. He engaged the renowned architect Giuseppe Poggi who had restored great part of the manor houses in Florence.

The house should be according to certain standards in order to compete with his noble guests. The houses around have a more simple country style, because they had to be functional according to their use.
In 1999 were completed the restoration works of the villa and the other buildings belonging to the farm.
With the buildings, also the 15 hectares of Chianti DOCG vineyards and the olive groves with more than two thousand olive trees are used again for the production of wine and olive oil.

In 2001 started the saffron cultivation is a quite antique tradition in Tuscany. Saffron was already known from antiquity on in Asia Minor as cloth tincture or glass. Later was discovered also the use for cooking and medicine. Around the 1200 arrived saffron in Italy and as it seems, it was brought by a Dominican monk. In Tuscany, particularly in the area between Florence and Siena, was internationally an important production area for saffron and therefore, started the economic boom: the stigmas were considered rare trading goods, while flowers were used to decorate tables in banqueting halls. To distinguish the high quality from other areas was called "Zima di Firenze".
The bulb is buried at the beginning of September and around mid October starts the bloom. The flowers, of an intense violet colour and of intensive scent are hand picked everyday.

In order to obtain the seasoning, the three red stigmas are taken away and once they are dried they make up the pure Saffron. The farm has also animals, where naturally the black cock does not lack.
At "Corte di Valle" it is possible to purchase and to taste the farm products such as red wine (Chianti Classico), white wine, grappa and the extra virgin olive oil.
The farm products are used also within the restaurant, where it is possible to taste the antique Tuscan cuisine.
 

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