Fattoria di Maiano

Part of the family vacation was to tour Florence and that’s how we ended up coming here. They have a farm, an olive oil and wine factory and a restaurant on property. We were lucky enough to be given a tour by the owner’s son, Tomasso who was handsome enough to make teenage girls that were there swoon.
They have acres of land with olive trees and grape vines. They have donkeys. It’s so green, pretty and peaceful.
Tomasso told us how they make their olive oil here. They press the olives once giving the oil a green color — extra virgin. The pressed olives are then fed to animals or some other olive oil producers buy the discarded olives to make more olive oil. They take pride in what they make here.
We had dinner at the restaurant. The ingredients were fresh since they came from the farm outside. We had bruschetta. We were also given focaccia that we rubbed fresh garlic on and dipped in olive oil — the flavor was intense! Can’t get any better than this. We had wine and chicken cacciatore — the sauce was superb and the chicken was juicy and tender.