A Tuscan Treat

Aug 7

A couple of weeks back we delighted in setting up a stunning intimate dinner in the centre of one of San Gimignano’s famous vineyards.

For this table, we really wanted to venture into the heart of Tuscany, celebrating an organic, sustainable wedding, using local products and local suppliers. Often with weddings you may have suppliers travelling quite far, using out of season and out of region produce for both food and flowers. If we look hard enough and are creative enough, we can use what’s around us.

The table was set up in one of the vineyards of Guardastelle, one of our favourite venues in the San Gimignano area. It has amazing views of the town, a convenient number of beds and lovely spaces for celebrating the various parts of a wedding day. The wine produced here is often used as part of the wedding meal when we have the pleasure of working here and the owners, Fausto & Susanna also host wine tours and tastings.

The table itself used fully reusable elements including the linen, glassware and locally produced terracotta crockery, from Dolci Tradizioni Toscana one of our favourite catering recommendations for wedding days, pizzas, BBQs and brunches. Local to San Gimignano, they service this part of Tuscany with their catering services as well as their gelato carts, chandeliers and other amazing products they have literally hand built.

Decorating the tables, we wanted to use local produce in the form of vegetables from the local market and locally sourced flowers from florist L’Oasi. The vibrancy and freshness of the fruit and veg is something that I adore about Tuscany and you can feel the warmth coming right out from the table, enhanced by a few touches of flowers.

We created a floral chandelier in the centre of the table to perfectly blend in with the setting by day and come to life, setting that warm atmosphere against the twinkling of the candles and the glassware, by night.

Another great thing about this table was that it was really low cost to create. Recycling old materials and using local suppliers and local goods, really keeps the costs low and I’m sure you’ll agree has an even more authentic feel.

Next year we’ll be back here for an epic wedding (won’t we Santina & Tom!?). We simply can’t wait.