It’s time to start thinking about what to give to friends and relatives for Christmas! If you love nature and quality products, this year we decided to create a special personalized gift: the massage oil by Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort.

The winter is quiet and restful in Tuscany: nature seems to sleep for a few months. But even in this period Tuscany offers initiatives and activities for your vacation. Especially in the winter, festivals in Mugello are dedicated to good food: after the autumn, characterized by olive and grape harvest,  new olive oil and wine […]

he origin of the Christmas Markets in Europe is lost in the mists of time. According to some traditions, the first markets in Dresden in Germany was set up in 1434 to enable local artisans to sell their products on the Monday before Christmas. Since then every year the North of Europe is colored with lights and decorations from early December until early January. Even in Italy (for years now) there has been widespread tradition of Christmas markets: the most famous are those of Bolzano and Merano.

November is the month of novo oil in Tuscany so our chef Roberto Zanieri, alias Jerry, has chosen as recipe of the month, a typical Tuscan, that allows to appreciate it: it’s Bruschetta in three moves by Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort.

On November 13th, Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resorthas closed the 2011 season: we take a few months of rest to better prepare the next year. We take this opportunity to thank all those who chose our resort for their holidays in our 20th birthday and for all the events you have organized here with us! […]

As wine, extra-virgin olive oilhas different characteristics depending on the quality of olives (cultivars), the area where plants are grown and the process of production. L’Olio di Cosimo is a blend produced at Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort by early 2000. Obtained from cultivars Frantoio, Leccino, Pendolino, Moraiolo, Piangente and Correggiolo, all grown in our olive […]

If the olive harvest must be done carefully to avoid damage of the fruit, the more delicate process to obtain an extra-virgin olive oil quality is definitely working in the mill. Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort has its own a mill that manages the entire process of production of our Tuscan extra-virgin olive oil ensuring […]

The olive harvest in Tuscany begins in late October and early November, just when the olives have reached their perfect stage of ripeness—actually a little under-ripe as they turn from green to black. It’s called invaiatura in Italian, veraisonin English. At Villa Campestri, we harvest all our olives by hand. It takes longer than using […]