Can you visit Villa La Ripa?

Yes. The estate sells tastings, tours, lunches and dinners on its own website, and several are also bookable through partner sites. It is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4.30pm and on Saturday morning and afternoon. Sunday visits are by appointment. Every experience runs at a set time, so book before you go.

Where is Villa La Ripa?

It is at Località Antria 38, in the hills a short drive north-east of Arezzo in eastern Tuscany. Florence and Siena are each about 80 km away. A cypress avenue climbs from the gate to the villa, and a sign on the left points to the winery reception.

What wines does Villa La Ripa make?

Mostly red wines from Sangiovese, sold as Toscana IGT, plus one Chianti DOCG called Fonte dell'Angelo. Psyco is a half-and-half blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Peconio is pure Sangiovese, Tiratari mixes Sangiovese with Syrah, and Syrah Syrah is pure Syrah. There are also two whites from Malvasia and Trebbiano, a rosé called Spaziolibero and a sparkling rosé called ZeroProblemi.

Can you go truffle hunting at Villa La Ripa?

Yes. A truffle hunter and his trained dog lead a search through the estate's woods. You then walk through the olive grove and vineyards, visit the cellar and taste four wines and the estate's olive oil over a light truffle lunch. The whole visit takes about four hours.

How long does a visit to Villa La Ripa take?

The shortest visits take about 90 minutes: a walk through the vineyard and cellar, then four wines with cold meats, cheese and olive oil. The lunch visit takes about two and a half hours. The tasting that sets the estate's wines against Brunello, Chianti Classico and Bolgheri takes about two hours, and the truffle hunt about four.

Who owns Villa La Ripa?

The Luzzi family, who bought the estate in 1992. Saverio Luzzi, a neurologist from Arezzo, leads it, and his daughter Claudia runs its events. Silvia Caneschi is the managing director and looks after the cellar.

Villa La Ripa

Villa La Ripa is a wine estate built around a Renaissance villa at Antria, in the hills just north-east of Arezzo. The Luzzi family bought it in 1992, and Saverio Luzzi, a neurologist from Arezzo, still leads it. Its vines grow in the Colli Aretini part of the Chianti area. They give Sangiovese reds, Super Tuscan blends, two whites, a rosé and a sparkling rosé. The estate makes its own olive oil too. Visitors can book tastings, cellar tours, long lunches and a truffle hunt.

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The cream facade of the Renaissance villa at Villa La Ripa framed by white cherry blossom under a blue sky

About Villa La Ripa

The Luzzi family bought Villa La Ripa in 1992. Saverio Luzzi is a neurologist, and he says making wine is how he recharges after his work. He brings the same scientific method to the wine that he uses in his clinic. His daughter Claudia was seven when the family moved in. On her first visit she called the place Tiratari, after a dreamland in a fairy tale she was reading, and the first wine still carries that name. She later trained as a pharmacist and a sommelier, and she makes a line of skin creams from the estate's grapes. Silvia Caneschi, the managing director, runs the cellar from day to day, with the winemaker Alessio Bandinelli and the vineyard adviser Marco Pierucci.

The villa is far older than the winery. The estate traces its first owner to a Roman, Marcus Peconius, in the second century AD. In the Middle Ages the Ricoveri family built a fortified house here, and its tower still stands. The Gualtieri family gave the villa the shape you see today. Raffaello Gualtieri, the Pope's envoy to Portugal, built it in 1558. After Napoleon's troops seized it, the Ubertini family of Arezzo bought it at auction. Early in the last century the Bucchi family planted the oldest vines that still grow on the land.

Those vines are more than 100 years old. Sangiovese, Trebbiano and Malvasia grow in the same rows as old Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, an unusual mix for a vineyard this old. Newer plots are planted closer together, to make the vines compete. The range has one Chianti DOCG, Fonte dell'Angelo. The rest is sold as Toscana IGT, which has looser rules on grapes, so the family can blend Sangiovese with plenty of Cabernet or Syrah. Psyco is the best known. It is a half-and-half blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, aged for a year in French oak, and its name is a nod to Saverio's medical work. Peconio is pure Sangiovese and takes its name from the Roman owner. Tiratari adds a quarter of Syrah to Sangiovese. The whites, Auretium and Namastè, are made from Malvasia and Trebbiano.

The family built a new cellar to give the tanks more room. It has a curved front covered in climbing plants and a vaulted hall inside, with columns like a church. In October 2023 the Movimento Turismo del Vino Toscana, the region's wine tourism group, gave the estate one of its awards for wineries set in a fine landscape. The tasting room sits above the cellar, with glass doors that open onto the vines and a line of cypress trees.

The estate welcomes visitors all year and sells its visits on its own website. They range from a 90 minute walk and tasting of four wines to lunches, a sunset dinner and a truffle hunt with a trained dog. On one tour the owner opens the villa's private rooms, including the old sacristy and the family chapel. The estate is open on weekdays and on Saturdays, and on Sundays by appointment. Book a set time before you go.

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Località Antria 38, 52100 Arezzo (AR), Toscana

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9 bookable experiences at Villa La Ripa

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Truffle Hunting with Tasting and Lunch

4h From €155 per person English · Italiano

This is a food and wine experience to discover the fascinating world of Truffles that offers an exclusive opportunity to go hunting for them in the woods of a Renaissance Villa. Here at Villa La Ripa you will learn what truffles are, how they are born, how they are harvested and once in the woods we will start looking for them with the help of the "Master Truffle Hunter" and his specially trained dogs. A beautiful experience that continues with a walk around the Renaissance Villa through the olive grove and our vineyards. You will visit our cellar where you will be shown how we produce our wines and where you will taste 4 Villa La Ripa Wines, our award-winning EVO oil and a light lunch with Truffle-based courses.

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Lunch Time Tasting & Winery Tour

2h 30 From €58 per person English · Italiano

The experience begins with a guided tour of our winery, where production and aging methods will be explained, followed by a visit and explanation focusing on the vineyards of Villa La Ripa. This will be followed by a tasting of 4 Villa La Ripa wines and our award-winning extra virgin olive oil, the production process of which will be illustrated and carefully tasted to appreciate its organoleptic profile. The tasting will be completed by a light three-course Tuscan lunch.

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Villa La Ripa Tour & Tasting

1h 30 From €35 per person

The experience begins with a visit to the winery: The gate slowly opens onto the cypress avenue. Above you will see the splendid Renaissance villa. After about 100 meters you will see a sign on the left: "Winery Reception". Turn left and you will arrive at the winery where your experience will begin with a guided tour of the winery. Our production philosophy and the main wine production mechanisms will be explained to you. Then a visit and explanation of the Villa La Ripa vineyards. Followed by a tasting of 4 Villa La Ripa wines paired with a platter of cured meats, quality local cheeses and Tuscan bread with our award-winning extra virgin olive oil, the production process of which is illustrated and carefully tasted to appreciate the organoleptic profile.

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2h From €50 per person English · Italiano

The experience begins with a visit to our cellar, where the methods of aging and fermentation will be illustrated and then a visit to the vineyards during which the history of the Cellar and the Villa will be told. Followed by a tasting of 6 wines: 3 of the main Tuscan denominations (Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico, Bolgheri), which will be compared with 3 of our award-winning Supertuscans. All paired with a platter of cold cuts and cheeses.

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La Ripa: Exclusive Wine Tasting of 4 Wines

1h 30 From €38 per person English · Italiano

Wine tasting of 4 wines at Villa La Ripa to start discovering their wine heritage

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Exclusive Tour with the Owner of a Renaissance Villa & Wine Tasting with a Sommelier at Villa La Ripa

2h From €98 per person English · Italiano

Visit of the renaissance Villa and tasting of 4 wines from Villa La Ripa

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Tuscan Sunset Dinner

2 hours €80 per person English

An evening visit, run from March to October. You walk the vineyards and cellar as the day cools. Then you have a glass of the sparkling rosé with the estate's olive oil outside. Dinner is four Tuscan courses on a terrace above the vines, served with six of the estate's wines. If it rains, dinner moves to the tasting room.

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Tour and Sparkling, White and Rosé Tasting

1 hour 30 minutes €38 per person Free cancellation up to 48 hours before Italian, English

A 90 minute visit for people who like lighter wines. A guide walks you through the vineyard and the cellar. You then taste four wines from the estate's sparkling, white and rosé range in the tasting room, with cold meats, local cheese and the estate's olive oil.

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Longevity and Brain Health Experience

€120 per person Free cancellation up to 48 hours before English

A tasting built around the science of healthy ageing, as the estate tells it, on Mondays and Fridays. You tour the vines and olive groves. Then you taste four wines with dark chocolate, berries, dried fruit and aged cheese, with a card on each wine. A second tasting sets the estate's early-harvest olive oil beside a shop-bought one. It ends with a chance to try the estate's grape-based skin creams.

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Common questions

Yes. The estate sells tastings, tours, lunches and dinners on its own website, and several are also bookable through partner sites. It is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4.30pm and on Saturday morning and afternoon. Sunday visits are by appointment. Every experience runs at a set time, so book before you go.
It is at Località Antria 38, in the hills a short drive north-east of Arezzo in eastern Tuscany. Florence and Siena are each about 80 km away. A cypress avenue climbs from the gate to the villa, and a sign on the left points to the winery reception.
Mostly red wines from Sangiovese, sold as Toscana IGT, plus one Chianti DOCG called Fonte dell'Angelo. Psyco is a half-and-half blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Peconio is pure Sangiovese, Tiratari mixes Sangiovese with Syrah, and Syrah Syrah is pure Syrah. There are also two whites from Malvasia and Trebbiano, a rosé called Spaziolibero and a sparkling rosé called ZeroProblemi.
Yes. A truffle hunter and his trained dog lead a search through the estate's woods. You then walk through the olive grove and vineyards, visit the cellar and taste four wines and the estate's olive oil over a light truffle lunch. The whole visit takes about four hours.
The shortest visits take about 90 minutes: a walk through the vineyard and cellar, then four wines with cold meats, cheese and olive oil. The lunch visit takes about two and a half hours. The tasting that sets the estate's wines against Brunello, Chianti Classico and Bolgheri takes about two hours, and the truffle hunt about four.
The Luzzi family, who bought the estate in 1992. Saverio Luzzi, a neurologist from Arezzo, leads it, and his daughter Claudia runs its events. Silvia Caneschi is the managing director and looks after the cellar.

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