7 Nights for 4 in Italy + Private Wine Tasting + Guided Walking Tour

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Your Tuscany experience includes 7 nights for 4 guests in the medieval hilltop town of Cortona, Italy.

  • Stay in a carefully curated historic apartment in the heart of Cortona’s walled city
  • Indulge in 21st-century amenities amongst stunning period features
  • Immerse yourself in the region’s rich history with a guided walking tour included
  • Sample world-renowned varietal with a complimentary wine tasting
  • Immerse yourself in this famed region with optional day trips to Montepulciano, Arezzo, or Pienza
  • Benefit from Premium Guest Services for trip planning

Sweeping vineyards, rolling hills, and picturesque medieval towns set the romantic backdrop for Italy’s famed Tuscany region. With a rich history spanning Roman and Renaissance, this breathtaking region weaves together some of Europe’s finest art, culture, and cuisine with a love of life’s simplest pleasures.

Winding cobblestone streets and sweeping emerald valleys welcome you to the hilltop town of Cortona, Italy. Experience Tuscany’s timeless enchantment from a historic Italian apartment boasting charming period features, a guided walking tour, and wine-tasting experience.

Nestled in the heart of town, your charming apartment blends original architectural detailing with 21st-century comfort. Admire historic vaulted ceilings and antique stonework while embracing two elegant bedrooms with modern bathrooms and walk-in showers.

Step back in time as you wander the cobblestone streets on a private walking tour of Cortona. Discover Roman artifacts and Renaissance masterpieces as you learn the enchanting stories of this region. A complimentary wine tasting promises to transport you on a gastronomic journey through the area’s famed varietal.

Immerse yourself in Tuscany’s rich culture and history with the hilltop towns of Montepulciano, Arezzo, and Pienza within easy reach. Explore cathedrals and palazzos, fortresses and ruins, then stop by one of the charming restaurants or cafés to toast to la bella vita.

**Bed Configuration includes 2 bedrooms, both with double sized beds**

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People

Community stakeholders and prospective board members who:

    • Include exiting and/or entering farmers
    • Include an in-state attorney
    • Willing to donate and/or provide discounted service to board and/or serve
  • Include community partners that may include representation from:
    • Land trusts
    • Food and/or Farm support organizations
  • Include at least five people committed to serving on volunteer board
  • Demonstrate willingness, skills, experience, and networks in legal, fundraising, communications, real estate transfer, agriculture, and farm viability/support

Community

Geographic location that is in a regional foodshed/farm to market based size and has:

  • Demonstrated need for improved farmland access and secure tenure
  • Opportunities for preserving legacy biodynamic, organic, and regenerative farms, for manifesting BIPOC land justice, and/or for community based regenerative food production based agricultural practices

Land

Viable Farmland Project must include:

  • Farmland and infrastructure to support “agrarian enterprises” (including, but not limited to diversified production of food, forage, fiber, medicine, and ecological stewardship)
  • Soils sufficient to support agricultural uses
  • Secure, sufficient quantity and quality water to support agricultural use
  • No existence or evidence of overly contaminated soil or water, or have the ability and capacity to remedy
  • Location and scale sufficient to support production that can provide economic enterprise viability and have community benefit
  • Housing and farm infrastructure onsite, possibility of developing housing and farm infrastructure onsite, or opportunity to legally tie housing and farm infrastructure to property
  • A landowner who demonstrates alignment and willingness to:
    • Enter into a Full Donation or Discounted Purchase Option agreement:
    • Within 8 months of initial conversations
    • That allows a minimum of 12 months but up to 24 months to closing
    • Collaborate to engage existing farm community to raise awareness and funding support

The Founder

Julian Lauzzana

Julian Lauzzana is the founder of Earthen Heart and a community homesteader, land steward, and visionary advocate for regenerative rural living. Drawing from a diverse background in culinary arts, organizational development, media production, farm-to-school research, and intentional community design, Julian has spent decades exploring how people can live in deeper relationship with each other and the land. He generously donated the founding 19.9-acre Bangor farm and helped establish the Earthen Heart Farmland Commons to create lasting opportunities for community-based food production, land stewardship, and affordable access to farmland. Through his work, Julian seeks to cultivate resilient local economies, strengthen rural communities, and demonstrate replicable models of shared land ownership and regenerative living.

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The Steward

Julian Lauzzana

Alita is a farmer and leader connected to the Earthen Heart story, and a board member and leader of the West Michigan Young Farmers chapter. She now holds a 99-year lease on the land Julian donated, a long-term, community-rooted foundation for her work as a steward and grower.

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