Cantine Antinori
the hillside-integrated architecture paired with the Cru wine tour and tasting
Striking winery complex with guided tours, tastings, and hillside views. Service is polished and informative. Book tours ahead; restaurant reservations recommended in season.
In Bargino, Tuscany. Easy to fold into a morning or a longer afternoon; there's usually something else worth a stop within a few minutes' walk.
The place is Antinori nel Chianti Classico (San Casciano in Val di Pesa), the flagship Marchesi Antinori winery opened in 2012, built dramatically into the hillside with vines planted on its roof — a 26-generation, 1385-founded wine house. Visitors come for guided tours and tastings (e.g. the Cru Tour pours seven wines) and reviewers strongly recommend pairing the visit with a meal at the rooftop restaurant, which has panoramic windows over the rolling Tuscan countryside; the ravioli and salads are praised. Reservations for both tours and the restaurant are advised. Note: the provided Google Maps link actually resolves to 'Cantinetta Antinori,' the family's separate restaurant in central Florence, but the curator's notes ('winery complex with guided tours, tastings, and hillside views') clearly describe the Chianti Classico winery, which is the basis for this extraction.