FONTERUTOLI: Tuscan Family Making Wine in Italy for Over 600 Years

This episode I speak with my friend Giovanni Mazzei, whose family have been making wine in Tuscany for centuries. When friends rent a car in Florence and want to see the beauty of the countryside of Tuscany, I often recommend they visit Fonterutoli, where the Mazzei family have their winery. They also have very romantic accommodation rooms and apartments on this property in the heart of Chianti, Tuscany.
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[@NickNapoli]

600 years and 25 generations of wine making. I’d say it’s definitely a family business.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yes very impressive , I also saw a video once about an Italian family that had produced church bells for over 1000 years. There must be tremendous pressure to continue, you don´t wanna be the black sheep that breaks 1000 years of family tradition.

[@penelopetoniaccini8783]

@@larsstougaard7097 LOL! Hilarious truth! I suppose these are big families though so you'll always have someone who wants to keep running the business, and also the business is so big at this stage that if someone hates making wine and loves marketing, it's not a problem they can market the wine LOL. Families like these are also in real estate usually, tourism, you name it... they do it, lucky them!

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@penelopetoniaccini8783 I think the success of a family business has many layers, only 30 per cent of all family businesses make it to the second generation and only 3 per cent last for more than four generations or beyond. It must be a combination of family dynamics, hard work and luck. Much can happen, war, illness, financial ruin etc. The oldest family business in the world is a Japanese one - Hoshi Ryokan - a hotel which is owned and run by the same family since the year 718. It is a business which is 46 generations old! Further, out of the total 5,000 companies in the world that are more than 200 years old more than 60 per cent (approximately 3,000 companies) are in Japan. 🐼🍚🍣🍤

[@charlenebishop9077]

Thank you Kylie. You have worked so hard to bring us the beauty of Tuscany and all of Italy despite all the obstacles. We appreciate you!❤️

[@chilledllama8830]

One of a kind channel and as i always mentioned your videos are such a beauty of art in itself! Its amazing and well deserved how much the channel has grown! Thank you Kylie for following your heart and being one of a kind! 🔥

[@KylieFlavell]

You’re always so supportive of my work. Thank you for being a long-time viewer. 🙏

[@chilledllama8830]

@@KylieFlavell No regrets at all! 🔥❤️😎👊🏼

[@amyjones2490]

Tuscany is definitely on my bucket list.

[@gnarbeljo8980]

It should be! I recommend to combine driving around and seeing the region with taking a cooking workshop. Better that just going in a sightseeng tour if you really want to experience rather than just view it, for first time visitors. ❤️

[@lindab.8936]

I love it that this family are so closely connected to Nature, not only through their winemaking, but with their wish to enjoy their lives living with the natural environment. Your footage, Kylie, is as usual, just wonderful, though I'm wishing it could go on for longer. 😉😄Thanks again for sharing. 😘

[@annbrosnan8586]

You can feel the warmth, see the beauty and smell the wine. Could not ask for a better start to the weekend!

[@gianlucavisca3419]

Fonterutoli is a splendid manor on the hills of Chiantishire in Tuscany. A little touch of Hitory... The Mazzei is one of the Histrorical families of Florence. A member of the family, Filippo Mazzei, although alomost unknown to the public, he is conidered as an important father of the Declaration of the American Independece being a close friend to the first 5 Preidents of the United States - George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Jame Monroe and Thomas Jefferson. Not bad....

[@KylieFlavell]

Yes! Incredible history! 😊

[@bombaytalkie.]

Grazie!

[@jamesandrew1750]

'father of American Independence?' at best he was an advocate of Independence, certainly he cant be credited with bringing any foundational principles to America

[@robertaarnold3519]

I love every little detail of history like this. Thank you.

[@KaterinaFerrara]

Gorgeous cinematography and location. Fascinating and incredible. Grazie millissimo

[@marinadean5706]

What an absolutely heavenly, beautiful region. I can't even fathom what it would be like to live there. I hope you're feeling well and everything is going along smoothly with your pregnancy. Baci, Marina

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you, Marina. Yes - I’m feeling fantastic! The second trimester is so much easier than the first! 🤰🏼

[@talesfromtuscany]

This is just one of the things that I love about Italy and being able to call myself an Italian (by heritage)...the pride of history and family culture. Retaining the authentic and fully embracing what this incredible land has to offer. Such an incredibly beautiful place, which I have definitely added to out "must visit" list for September. It should be stunning at that time! Thank you so much for sharing Kylie.

[@lauratonelli7875]

The family is so fortunate to live in such a beautiful countryside. I need to move to Italy❤️💚❤️

[@mlkollman]

I was just in that area in October and sampled some of their wine. Beautiful area and can't wait to go back!

[@andreacatzel8259]

Every second was a joy to behold! What a stunning winery and beautifully filmed, as usual. Thank you, dear Kylie. Baci xx

[@kdclothes]

As usual, you have blown me away with your video. I learn so much about my adoptive country through your beautiful storytelling and your videos. I discovered the place I feel at home a few years ago in Abruzzo. I enjoy learning more and more about the country and the people. I hope you are well and I can't wait to hear more recipes and see your darling child. Best to you and Guido. ciao, Katie

[@rustymidkiff5377]

Greetings Kylie, I wanted to share with you how much my wife I look forward to our new Saturday morning routine sipping coffee and watching your beautiful videos. Rusty and Magda (Acworth, Georgia)

[@virginiagiavarina9383]

Italy is such a special place!

[@andreabontempo643]

Stunning property. I hope to visit Italy before I die.Both my grandparents were born there. I always feel like it's home when I watch your beautiful videos Kylie

[@lydiaschicklin5978]

Hello lovely couple ! I am in awe ! Thank you very much for sharing with all of us your adventure in Tuscany ! Bisous from Alsace in France 😁😀😍😘😘

[@lettucegobackinthyme1075]

What a beautiful childhood those children are having. Like yours will be one day too. That is how life should be! Just breathtaking. 💙🌸💙

[@leighevans1489]

Fabulous. Love the history of the family and the story of the knights

[@deborahgodley6980]

Evocative and glowing Tuscany.So lovely.You always make it feel so magical there.What a place to raise a child.So much for you and Guido to look forward to🌞

[@itsmewende]

Sitting here in the states, the history of Europe always leaves me in awe. Their cellar is gorgeous, to think they were making wine centuries before America, was America. That wisteria is amazing, any idea how old that is. Also curious if anyone took you up on the offer to run that beautiful restaurant.

[@itsmewende]

@@pjgreen1786 U.S.A.

[@agostino4966]

Kylie, your channel is breathtaking and one of the most beautiful sources of Italian magic on this platform-thank you for sharing it with us :)

[@SamFournier]

What a great childhood to grow up surrounded by nature. What a lovely video Kylie, didn’t want it to end. I would love to visit one day😍

[@themamachar]

Thank you for showing us this beautiful place. Amazingly lovely.

[@cesuich]

Wow, simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing. So wishing I was there in person.

[@marilunavamu4560]

What a beautiful place. Getting my suitcase ready. Thank you for sharing with us. This place makes you dream

[@brandon2912t]

Honestly, there is nothing like the Italian countryside to lift your spirits and just watching the superbly filmed (and edited!) video, it reinforced the power that Nature has to make you really feel alive and connected to everything. I love hearing about family history and I love the ethics of what Giovanni said about not owning the land but just caretaking it for future generations. It is true that it is like something out of a fairy tale and it is so rewarding to know how much this family appreciates their home. I think they made a good move coming back home. Thank you Kylie for giving us such a wonderful treat, I feel like I had a weekend away watching this!!

[@KylieFlavell]

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[@brandon2912t]

@@KylieFlavell I agree with one of your followers who commented on you being put forward for a YT award, if there is one. You give lots of different advice, based on your own experiences, you have an amazing way of showing how to bake/cook/present and host dinners, you design and sew your own clothes and soft furnishings and decorations and show us how to turn a tea towel into a stylish curtain! You film, and edit all your own videos and create mini masterpieces from every video (I have not seen an average one yet!) Your choice of music creates nostalgia and that makes your content so irresistible. You showcase detail on every level and it's the details, in this precious life that make their mark. You are humble and kind, loving and generous and see beauty in everything and there isn't another channel like yours that offers so much in each video! I would vote for you in a heart beat if there was an award to be had. I am so glad that you kept your dream alive in your heart, even when things went off track but you are living proof that you create your reality with what is in your heart. There is some amazing work being done researching how the heart has it's own elctromagnetic field that can be measured and it affects everything in it's sphere! The heart generates very powerful frequencies (it is a shame we are not taught this at school) and I am waiting for the time, which I believe is already is in motion, that all people will live/give from their hearts. When you give from your heart it can never go wrong! My wonderful Nonna from Friuli, passed a saying onto her daughter, my beloved mother, that "if you don't give with your heart, then it's best you don't give at all" I have always thought of you as an Earth Angel, you definitely carry a light that is bright and full of love!

[@KylieFlavell]

@@brandon2912t I’m ‘senza parole’ - without words. Thank you so much, dear Marisa. Your grandmother sounds like a wise and wonderful woman. Sending love from my heart to yours. 🙏♥️

[@pamquinn2772]

Bellisimo 😍 🍷 Greetings From 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania. It is Truly a Dream to visit Italy 🇮🇹

[@susanmorgan995]

Kylie Flavell you've done it again! Dreamy Paradise! Such a nice friend You & Guido have. Was funny hearing Guido talk about Giovanni's dad catching them drinking the Good wine! Thank you SO much!

[@garyfuenfhausen5049]

I enjoyed the tour of such a beautiful and historical place and learning about Fonterutoli and the lucky family that has owned it for centuries. It was so fascinating, and thanks!

[@MihaelaClaudiaPuscas]

The cinematography!!! 🤩🤩🤩 this video I will watch it again for sure! Absolutely perfectly produced! You knew exactly how to highlight the beauty of that place! I am always so impressed with what you manage to do, putting everything so well together! I am definitely your nr 1 fan! Much love! 🤗 P.S- Tuscany I’m coming soon! 🥂

[@KylieFlavell]

I love how you always notice the production side of things! 🙏🙏🙏

[@cctlim]

Another beautiful episode. I love the idea of continuity. Taking care of the family heritage with an eye to pass it on to the next generation.

[@aliceshamoon3961]

Love, love, love it💕💕 Thank you, as always 🙏🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@idelsiurquijo7259]

Kylie thank you for sharing this beautiful place the story behind and how they keeping the tradition from generations to generations!🍷

[@KylieFlavell]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching!

[@christiroberts8817]

Oh, preciosa Kylie…i love all that you do. I’m 60 snd young, but I have notdone these things. Thank you somuch for sharing the beauty. Your cinematography is exquisite!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dianalewis8548]

Short vlog but still filled with such beauty. Gorgeous wine estate and Guido grew up with him. What history surrounds this family. Hope all is well. Till next week.😘

[@jaysartori9032]

I love Italian 💖 I wish someday I could visit my farther land to see where my grandparents on my father's side came from?

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Looks like Heaven on Earth🥰👍🌞. Thanks Kylie, Guido and 'bump'💕.

[@marianunes8747]

Hello Kylie! What a wonderful place ... what an extraordinary library! Thank you so so much! Have a lovely weekend! Until next friday! Alla prossima!!!!

[@helenahagstedt8953]

You can even find the Fonterutoli wine here in sweden. Great wine! How nice to see this episode! 🇸🇪

[@virginiafeliciano9318]

What a beautiful place and that wisteria is amazing! Your videos always transport me and give me a sense of tranquility. That vineyard and its history is spectacular. I thank you for sharing and now I have another place on my “Must do”.

[@adarita305]

I can't wait to see more of your adventures in and around Tuscany. Great Idea!

[@coeniedevilliers8792]

Thank you for bringing such beauty to us all, Kylie.

[@aimeestricker]

Such a lovely treat to watch for a Friday afternoon. Thank you Kylie for creating beautiful films filled with love and peacefulness. xo 🌹

[@KylieFlavell]

I’m so happy you liked it, Aimee. 💙

[@DavidDouglasDiamonds]

My daughter and I are coming in the end of June. This place looks amazing! We will be checking it out. Thanks for sharing.

[@KylieFlavell]

You should! It’s such a lovely spot for lunch if you rent a car. The few rooms they rent to holidaymakers are really full of charm too.

[@DavidDouglasDiamonds]

We came for lunch. It was amazing. Then took the tour and wine tasting. Very educational and tasty. Then spent the night. Breakfast in the morning. What an incredible and memorable time. Thanks for sharing.

[@normastenhouse6802]

My heart lies in beautiful Tuscany. Thank you Kylie, I now know the history of the black cockerel on my bottle of Chianti, amazing! ❤️

[@KylieFlavell]

🐓🍷 Thank you Norma!

[@lissettedeleon2949]

I'm visiting Tuscany right now (mostly because of you). Your videos are just mesmerizing and inspirational!!

[@KylieFlavell]

Oh wow! Hope you enjoy it and aren’t suffering too much in this heat!! 🥵

[@lissettedeleon2949]

@@KylieFlavell I'm loving it ❤ . I'm from the Dominican Republic (live in Austria now) therefore the heat can't scare me 🤣🤣

[@SouthernArtist77]

This place is insanely beautiful, like heaven in my imagination.

[@leahhamdaoui7755]

My favourite Tuscan wine !!! The restaurant at Fonterutoli serves truely delicious food !

[@SandraTuscany]

Wow! What a beautiful place to go visit. As always, I love your cinematic videos. Thank you for sharing your talent. I look forward to every Friday🤩 I hope you and Guido are doing well & enjoying your new journey 🥰🙏🏼

[@clairelivefreeordie2551]

I just love your short documentary type segments that are so visually stunning...makes one really want to visit...thank you for the great content!

[@barbaraszmyt7258]

I would love to visit the area. Thank you for such a lovely episode. Hope you are feeling well!😍

[@willyegli9290]

Grazie⚘wonderful Wines (Chianti Classico, CONCERTO)

[@marthaizaguirre6363]

Kylie - so glad you're feeling better! This place is impressive but I honestly think the villa & property where you & Guido will live and raise a family is much more beautiful! Maybe one day in the future when other adventures call your kid(s) are away from home you might accept B&B guests.😊

[@mariafusco7899]

Beautiful story. What a wonderful place for the children to grow up! Kylie, the filming really captures the magic!

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you, as always, Maria! ♥️

[@brendam5356]

Ciao Kylie and Quido just magnifique the visit to the winery the history always astounding inspiring 25 generations of wine making Bellissimo a perfect place to bring up children 😍👌Your children too will live in your slice of heaven such an uplifting vlog the drone footage always leaves me awakened ❤️Grazie my love always filling my soul with hope and beauty Amore have a lovely week much love to Quido and bambino ❤️❤️😘😘👌👌🌟🌟

[@CameraNomadic]

On today's episode: Kylie makes a video that ends too soon, Guido drinks all the good wine, and some Italians starve a chicken.

[@jaygenglish2669]

Incredible video! Tuscany gave us the Renaissance and great wine as well ...

[@janetlombardi2314]

Tuscany really is so classy with so much rich history. Beautiful buildings and gardens. A very enjoyable video.

[@nahlamodita1498]

Every time I watch your videos, I would like to move to Italy 😍🥰

[@andreaacarbonell4185]

🥰ohhhh I can’t wait for one day to visit there. Looks so enchanting, thank you for your Friday video 😀

[@KylieFlavell]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching. It is as enchanting as it looks.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

What a lovely video! BeautifulY produced and written.

[@Cookingitalianwithjoe]

Love love love Thank You

[@dhirajsubbaiah]

Very excited to watch.

[@JBNemeth]

Such peace and joy come through, to be at peace and in joy with your life unfolding....

[@lynnbertin8361]

Beautiful as always - I was just in Tuscany a month ago - will make it a point to visit this beautiful place next time.

[@siobhanmacm]

Amazing story! Loved it! 😍

[@chowdharysaab1673]

Nice video Kylie. You made us weekend enchanting. Guido looks amazing with the glass of wine in hand .🙂Thanks and love from India. ❤🇮🇳👍🙏🏻

[@KylieFlavell]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@lovelifementoring5399]

Getting ready to go and run our cafe on a cold morning watching your beautiful video 5 tumes over. 💜🌻

[@miastupid7911]

Beautiful as always, Kylie. Enjoyed it immensely. History come alive and personalized.

[@beverlymurray6554]

Loved this video Kylie!

[@milena3418]

Beautiful countryside, beautiful video. Thank you Kylie!

[@orsonneauamelia8935]

I love it, beautiful mini serie !! Can't wait to go back to Italy and discover Tuscany. Have a wonderful week-end

[@jenspencer7731]

Loved this video - as always!! So nice to hear the history too.💗

[@juliajuliaana1584]

Beautiful content Kylie and beautiful you! So excited for my trip to southern Italy next month! 😊😉❤️❤️❤️🍋

[@beckypugh3099]

Your films are always breathtaking! I can’t wait to visit your beautiful country! Number 1 on my bucket list!

[@blakehahn-atlantaga8510]

Really wonderful! Thank you Kylie.

[@anna_m59]

I hope you are doing well Kylie ! Thanks for the filling up beautiful video.

[@sherry9088]

Love this Video!! See you next week, Kylie! ❤❤❤

[@jimmyhan3270]

Beautiful！Really amazing with the 600years of family history and well keeping. Wish i were there to taste the vino! Salute!😃

[@lindap6150]

Thank you Kylie for sharing another beautiful film. You are a gem! Ihave not been to Tuscany area, you have showed us the culture and beauty so well. Incredible 25 generations. 💌

[@cassandrathatsme4382]

This was absolutely lovely. I look forward to visiting and to checking out some great wines when next in Tuscany. 😀 🇨🇦 😀

[@sheilasaxton3836]

As always another beautiful video

[@michaelarose9063]

Perfect. Thank you for sharing Kylie!

[@cherylcalac8485]

Learning from you and your videos every time, best wishes always❣️

[@alejandrosalcedo4273]

Thank you Kylie for your nice dedication to your videos :) we continue to learn and enjoy.

[@1CelloOne]

Loved this video 😄 thank you 😊

[@worditoutwoman]

What beautiful content. Thank you. Keeping you and your baby in my prayers.

[@tonymurphy9112]

Great review 👏

[@ClaireDeLune2848]

I love these videos with your Tuscany recommendations! I plan on visiting the region with my mom in the next year or so, and I've been making a list of all the places you've shared!

[@thinkforyourselfjohn3167]

What an amazing place so much history thank you for sharing with us Kylie bellisimo ♥️♥️.

[@bjstudio4865]

Fascinating, Thank you

[@bindusanghvi554]

Hi Kylie. Hope you are doing well n keeping healthy. Such a beautiful place n was amazed to see the wine cellar. It’s so relaxing n calming to watch your content . Am always looking forward to your next video. Thankyou Kylie

[@axelpaff3306]

interesting interview, cheers

[@mariacasella6474]

Amazing start to the weekend or any day-It’s always so interesting and fun to watch your channel as the content is always made with love and respect

[@skyeseaborn1170]

Beautifully made video!

[@Peppermintytea]

I like that you asked about their family life there, as I think it must be incredible to grow up on an estate like that. What a wonderful connection to have through Guido! New sub here - have been binge-watching your videos and "liking" them all - absolutely adore your beautiful, romantic approach to film making and life! ❤️

[@milagroguardiola7150]

This was very interesting!! Thank you very much!

[@BlueSkyLtd.]

Lovely - I will watch on Sunday! Thank-you Kylie 💮🍷💮