Querceto di Castellina has been in the family since 1945 when the love of the land and of an historical estate in the Chianti Classico led Guido Masini, originally from Florence, to acquire the estate.
The over 200-acre property became a countryside retreat for the family but Guido couldn’t resist his entrepreneurial spirit starting a few businesses from selling grapes to farming pigs. Ultimately he leased out the land for a few decades with his daughter Laura taking back the management of the estate in 1989.
Working together with her husband Giorgio Di Battista, an...