Win a Getaway to Villa Montecastello!

This wine week for two in Tuscany includes 6 nights at Villa Montecastello, a working organic farm and olive grove, tours of award-winning Tuscany wineries, and $2,500 towards airfare.

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Tuscany Week for Two Travel Sweepstakes
Tuscany Week for Two Travel Sweepstakes

The winner will stay in the Leccino apartment accommodations at Villa Montecastello. Breakfast is included. The trip must be taken between October 2014 and May 2015 with blackout dates for January and February 2015.

Villa Montecastello is located one hour south of Florence, between Siena and San Gimignano and is part of the popular Italy Agriturismo movement. Located in an ancient fortress the villa is in the town of Monteriggioni. The Leccino, where the winner will stay, is a one bedroom apartment with an alcove.

The surrounding farm produces olive oil from their own groves as well as salumi and charcuterie from their own pigs. The farm also includes an organic vegetable and herb garden.

Montagnola, Tuscany’s green lung and nature reserve, is nearby. There you can take advantage of well marked hiking trails to observe rare birds, wild boars, porcupines, porcini mushrooms, wild orchids and chestnuts.

The sweepstakes is sponsored by Wow Media Products, Inc.

Kathy Stafford
Kathy Stafford

Kathy Stafford is a writer, publisher and editor. She was a contributing author to "Sasha Cohen Fire on Ice". She has been a contributing editor to several publications including, "Discover Balboa Park: A Complete Guide". Kathy was publisher and editor of "Skating Sketches", reporting on figure skating worldwide, for over ten years. She was a credentialed journalist as a figure skating specialist for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. She has covered international skating events in Switzerland, France, Finland, England, Canada and the United States with published articles in Canada, Japan, and the United States. Although she never accepted an assignment, she was on the list of approved Lonely Planet authors for three years. She is currently combining her love of travel, and her background as a writer and editor, as a publisher and author of travel related journalism. In addition, she blogs about her search for her family roots at www.cherokeerootsblog.com.

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