Between Greve and Panzano
Historic wine estate · La Pensione in Panzano · Farmhouses
Vignamaggio is one of the great old names of the Greve valley: more than four hundred hectares between Greve and Panzano, a pink villa that was the Gherardini family’s home, and a letter of 1404 that is the first record of wine made here. A long restoration is still under way. The villa itself is closed for now, along with garden and cellar tours, but the rest of the estate is open again.
There are three ways to stay. La Pensione, the estate’s hotel, has twenty-one colourful rooms on Panzano’s Piazza Gastone Bucciarelli and a pool among olives and lavender. Il Prato and Il Casolese are farmhouses let by the week, and L’Orto has four flats. Il Borgo, the restored hamlet with seventeen suites, a theatre and a glasshouse, is used for weddings and events. Lunch and dinner are at Il Ristoro, which cooks from the farm’s own gardens.
Villa Bordoni’s restaurant · Tuscan osteria
Il Guardingo is the restaurant of Villa Bordoni, on a hilltop above Greve among ancient olive groves, vineyards and medieval hamlets — the kind of place that takes a little effort to reach and rewards it completely.
Enoteca & ristorante · Greve Cooking School
Established in 1984 in a historic building dating to 1802 — originally stables, later the telegraphic relay for the Grand Duchy — this family-run enoteca and ristorante sits just off Greve’s Piazza Matteotti. All the pasta is still made fresh in-house daily, carrying on the tradition of grandmother Duilia; the menu moves with the seasons: pumpkin ravioli in autumn, chestnut noodles with white ragù, Chianti risotto with pistachios and pecorino cream. The wine list is a love letter to the Gallo Nero consortium.
Greve in Chianti Chianti Classico DOCG · Vegan Biodynamic
Zano · Greve Toscana IGT · Super Tuscans
Boutique Villa · Restaurant Il Guardingo
Relais de Charme · Wine Estate Borgo
Boutique hotel · Restored hilltop hamlet · Opened 2026