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Castello del Trebbio was built in the late twelfth century for the Pazzi family. The name “Trebbio” comes from the Latin word “Trivium” meaning ‘three ways’.

In the fourteenth century the Pazzi family was very powerful, surpassed only by the Medici family. In 1478 some Pazzi family members decided to change the balance of power by killing the two strongest Medici brothers, Giuliano and Lorenzo the Magnificent. History has called the events which followed, “the Pazzi conspiracy”. Giuliano was killed but Lorenzo escaped and his revenge was terrible. Many of the Pazzi were killed and their property was seized. Castello del Trebbio was given to the Medici family. They stripped it of all but two of the Pazzi treasures; A shield sculpted by Donatello remains in the courtyard today and part of a fresco by Andrea del Castagno. The castle underwent the last major structural change in the 15th century when the Medici family extended it, forming a courtyard and adding an internal well.

The current family bought Castello del Trebbio in 1968. The father was from Italy and the mother was born in Austria. A plan of restoration and vineyard planting was undertaken to bring the estate to its current splendour.

Today the company is run by the daughter, Anna and her husband Stefano.

The wine estate, CASTELLO DEL TREBBIO has 54 hectares of vineyards and produces around 350,000 bottles of wine every year (Chianti Docg, Chianti Rufina Docg, the Supertuscan IGT “Pazzesco” with Sangiovese, Merlot and Syrah, Vinsanto, and Grappa). From the 10,000 olive trees Anna, the owner, produces an excellent extra virgin olive oil.
Since 2001, CASTELLO DEL TREBBIO is the first producer of saffron in the Florentine Hills.

Castello del Trebbio also began to develop some tourist activities such as wine tours, tastings in the castle and farm holidays. The family run company welcomes their guests into comfortable apartments and a magnificent villa for families or a group of friends. The guests staying in our estate can relax, visit the close historical cities like Florence, Siena and Pisa or take part in the many activities that we organize such as Tuscan cooking classes, ceramic courses, horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking, and wine tastings. We have recently opened an award winning restaurant in some old farmer’s cellars.

The Baj-Macario / Casadei families (Anna and her husband Stefano), started a program a few years ago to develop new wine estates all over Italy, all of them completely family operated.

Tenuta Casa Dei: This wine estate is located in “Maremma”, a region in Southern Tuscany, around 12 km from the coast. Stefano and Anna produce different wines with typical varietals of grape from the Mediteranean Area. The top wine of this estate is SOGNO MEDITERRANEO made of 7 different grapes; Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Alicante, Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, and Syrah. Also produced here are the wines ARMONIA, FILARE 41 (100% Petit Verdot), FILARE 22 (100% Syrah) and the wonderful FILARE 18 (100% Cabernet Franc), winner of 5 grapes in the Duemilavini 2010.
Agricola Olianas: This estate is in the middle of Sardinia, 60 km north of the capital town of Cagliari. Here they grow typical grapes from this island, like Cannonau and Vermentino, but also Bovale Sardo.

Stefano Casadei, Anna’s husband, also runs one of the biggest companies in the Italy vineyard business. They plan and build vineyards and olive groves all over Italy and abroad (most recently in Turkey, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan).

Anna and Stefano wanted to present all of their products and philosophies in one place and they came to the idea of opening, in 2006, a lovely restaurant on the main estate of Castello del Trebbio.
This restaurant, LA SOSTA DEL GUSTO, is located in an old stone cellar on the property and the chef and the sommelier work together to combine high quality food with the family wines.

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