CASA IN TOSCANA® is owned and led by Nikolaus Barnewitz, a second generation resident, a German national whose family built a beautiful house on the perch of a high hill near Castellina in Chianti many years ago. Second to the cosmopolitan perspective of a foreing resident, that uniquely matches that of our clients, practical local knowledge is of paramount importance.

As in all things Italian, the lay of the land has it's complex and sometimes ennervating peculiarities. So it's a good thing to have some one next to you who has seen it all, has your same background, and knows how to get things done.
And, if you speak English, German or French, it's nice to have your introductions made by someone fluent in all three, besides, of course, the essential Italian.