Fattoria Poggio Alloro

Our «All Day Tuscany Tour» stopped here for a quick farm tour, and lunch with wine, and we couldn’t have been more pleased. Located just outside San Gimignano we enjoyed the fabulous views of vineyard land and the famous San Gimignano sky scrapers off in the distance.
As I mentioned, a farm tour was up first. Not a particularly long tour, but we did see some of their wine making equipment as well as get to visit their dairy cows and feed them. **Note, when returning in to the states, Immigration and Customs will ask you if you’ve visited any livestock on your trip, so drinking extra here to forget you saw cows is in your best interest ;)
I made the mistake earlier in my trip of eating a grape off a random vine and almost cracking my tooth, so I didn’t «borrow» any grapes here, and instead set my sights on olives. Again, a huge mistake, do not eat small olives off of trees, as they are bitter and disgusting lol.
After the tour we were shown to our family style table and got down to eat. Our 4 course lunch was paired with 4 wines, a white, a chianti, a merlot and a dessert wine.
We started off with bread with olive oil, and then out came the food. Again, this was an included tour lunch, so I wasn’t expecting anything terribly fancy, but the wine had a great effect and everything tasted delicious. I’ll also note the service was great, and they came around with seconds for everything, so I got my fill.
Penne bolognese was first, followed by a meat and cheese course, and then a salad, finished up by almond biscotti cookies to be dipped in the dessert wine.
Even if you’re not on a tour that brings you here, I’d highly recommend. Great people, with a great atmosphere!

The prettiest views of Tuscany while you sip on excellent wine and pretty good food. The steamed veggies are yummy and the cheeses are fabulous. Make sure you dip the biscotto into the dessert wine like a true Tuscan!
The restaurant uses ingredients pretty much only from the farm (all organic!), and the staff takes you on a tour of the vineyard to show you the grapes, olive trees, and award winning cows. They also have a gift shop (that ships world wide!) if you want to take home your favorites.

Wow! The views of San Gimignano from the farm are breath taking! We stopped by this organic farm on our Walkabout Florence Best of Tuscany tour. The farm provided a tour of their vineyards, olive groves, and dairy farm followed by a light lunch. Food was okay but this place is is worth a trip just for the views. Truly beautiful and worth a stop!