Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal 05.03.12 By ANDREA PETERSEN Get ready for more luxury hotels to charge $1,000 a night for a room. Paying that price won’t snare you a special suite—just an entry-level room. Several companies specializing in smaller, ultraluxury hotels with high-season rates nearing—or breaking—the $1,000 mark are expanding. Some hotels are…

Every year on July 2 and August 16, the beautiful medieval city of Siena comes alive for one of the world’s most breathtaking folk festivals, Il Palio (the horse race). We invite you to experience this tradition in style through Hotel Castello di Casole’s Ultimately Tuscany package described below. While the twin events are known…

By Susan Kime Staff Writer Luxury Lifestyle Expert | JustLuxe Photo Courtesy of Hotel Castello di Casole David Burden, CEO and Founder of Timbers Resorts in Carbondale Colorado (43 minutes from Aspen) is no stranger to complex and successful development projects. One Steamboat Place, The Preserve at Botany Bay, The Rocks Luxury Residence Club, The Residences…

Luchino Visconti may have died in 1976 but his presence still looms large at Castello di Casole. And that’s not just because the estate’s Bar Visconti bears his name. Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo and son of the Duke di Modrone was born in 1906 into one of Northern Italy’s wealthiest families….

Whether you’re at a winery in Napa or Tuscany, you’ll likely find yourself surrounded by oenophiles sniffing, swirling and tilting — a ritual that looks truly bizarre to wine-tasting beginners. Don’t get found out as a newbie in the tasting room though. During your stay at The Orchard at The Carneros Inn in Northern California…

Beginning as early as the 1960s, a small group of vineyards broke with the Italian laws governing Chianti production, particularly the blending of non-traditional grapes. The result was a superior class of wines from the Bolgheri and Chianti Classico regions we now call Super Tuscans, including (arguably) the four most prestigious wines in Italy. Any…

For decades, filmmakers have been taking advantage of the stunning scenery, delicious food and all-around romance of Italy. Before heading off to your luxury Tuscan villa at Castello di Casole, we recommend picking up a couple of these films for the plane ride. 1. Death in Venice To truly get into the spirit of Castello…

Guest post from Adrienne Warner of J. Banks Design Group in Hilton Head, S.C. Together with Timbers Resorts’ Director of Interiors, Sandy Burden, J. Banks is the creative team behind the ethereal interiors at Castello di Casole, Timbers Resorts’ luxurious estate in Tuscany, Italy. When Life Gives you Lemons….Make Limoncello! Ciao Tutti! (Hi Everyone), Maybe…

Over the holidays, Castello di Casole, Italian Wine Merchants and winemaker Piero Incisa della Rocchetta partnered together to present a live auction package in the Aspen Art Museum‘s winter benefit, Basso Freestyle. Every December 28, the contemporary art museum’s winter fund-raiser takes place at The St. Regis Hotel in downtown Aspen during prime après-ski hours….

For Joni Vanderslice, principal designer of J. Banks Design Group, Inc. in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, taking on the role as Head of Interiors for Castello di Casole was something she simply could not pass up when the opportunity presented itself. While designing and furnishing the four-bedroom Luxury Villas at Esperanza Resort, Joni was…