Rocca di Frassinello hosts private and gala dinners, weddings, company conferences, workshops and team-building days in a wine cellar designed by Renzo Piano, with a terrace of more than 5,000 m² and ten bedrooms in its guesthouse. The estate lies at Giuncarico, in the municipality of Gavorrano, in the Maremma hills of southern Tuscany, in the province of Grosseto.
Seminars and company events
Corporate conferences and workshops take place in the Padiglione, a pavilion of glass and steel whose interior can be reconfigured for each format. The Sala tecnica, the estate's technical room, is used for professional tastings and management training, including team sessions in which participants create their own wine blend. Team-building can also move down into the cellar and out among the vines. Larger company gatherings, car and motorcycle rallies and exhibitions use the terrace, which has room for vehicles and outdoor installations.
Weddings and receptions
The estate lists weddings, private dinners and gala dinners among the events it hosts. Dinners are served in the Barricaia, the barrel cellar, whose amphitheater shape gives acoustics suited to jazz and classical music, so a concert can follow the meal in the same room. The terrace hosts parties and sunset aperitifs with views over the Maremma hills.
Rooms and capacities
Barricaia: the barrel cellar at the heart of the building, a 40 by 40 meter square under one roof slab with no columns, used for dinners, concerts and performances. Padiglione: a glass and steel pavilion with an adaptable interior for conferences and workshops. Terrazza: more than 5,000 m², for receptions, exhibitions and outdoor events. Sala tecnica: tastings, training and blending sessions. The estate does not publish guest numbers for these spaces, so capacities are given on request.
Accommodation
The Foresteria, the estate guesthouse, has four double rooms and two apartments, each apartment with three bedrooms, a kitchen, a living area and two bathrooms. Breakfast, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and independent heating are included. It is not run as a resort hotel: there is no pool, restaurant or 24-hour concierge. For a board retreat or a wedding party, this gives a small group the estate to itself after the day's program.
History and setting
Renzo Piano designed the winery, which opened in 2007. Production surrounds the barrel cellar in a 20-meter band: steel fermentation tanks line two sides, and grapes enter through hatches and fall by gravity instead of being pumped, while bottling, storage and logistics take the other two sides. Beside the cellar, a museum shows Etruscan finds in an exhibition curated by Italo Rota, and a tasting pavilion displays David LaChapelle's work Rapture of the Grape. About 90 hectares of vineyards grow Sangioveto and Vermentino with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, and the first official vintage was 2004. Guided cellar visits run by reservation for guests who arrive early.
Getting there
The address is Località Poggio alla Guardia, Giuncarico Scalo, Gavorrano, in the province of Grosseto. Grosseto and Follonica, both on the Tyrrhenian rail line between Pisa and Rome, are the closest mainline stations, and the estate is a short drive from either. Pisa and Florence airports are about two hours away by car.
