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A Life in Tuscany, Brought Together at Campo Sasso
Campo Sasso did not begin with the search for a holiday villa. It grew from the life Pierre and Rebecca had already built in Tuscany — through wine, food, hospitality, agriculture and the relationships formed along the way.
The house is where their different backgrounds and shared passions finally found a place to come together.
Two Paths Meet in Tuscany
Rebecca, originally from Denmark, made Tuscany her home in 1995. In 2004, she began introducing international visitors to the region through personal wine tours built around small groups, independent producers and genuine encounters. This approach would eventually become Grape Tours.
Pierre came to Tuscany from France with a background in agriculture and wine. An agricultural engineer and oenologist, he had spent more than fifteen years working professionally in the wine industry. His family roots near Roquefort and his long-standing connection to French cheese culture also gave him a deep interest in affinage — the art of helping cheese develop through time, care and maturation.
Pierre and Rebecca met in Tuscany in 2009. Their shared life gradually brought together Rebecca’s experience of hospitality and travel with Pierre’s knowledge of wine, agriculture and artisan food.
Building a World Around Wine, Food and Hospitality
Grape Tours became the starting point of their shared adventure: a way of introducing people to Tuscany through the winemakers, farmers, cooks and artisans who give the region its character.
In 2021, they opened Formaggioteca Terroir in Florence, creating a home for artisan cheese, thoughtful wine and the culture of sharing food around a table.
These projects gradually became part of Jollie, the family-led ecosystem named after their sons, Julian and Oliver. Jollie connects wine tourism, cheese affinage, agriculture and hospitality through a common belief: Tuscany should not simply be admired, but understood, experienced and kept alive.
Campo Sasso would become the place where these different worlds could meet.
Finding Campo Sasso
Pierre and Rebecca discovered Campo Sasso in 2022, in a quiet valley of Chianti Classico.
The name means “field of stone”, reflecting both the land and the traditional local stone from which the farmhouse was built. Campo Sasso was once a working podere within a much larger rural estate connected to the monastery that stood on the hill above the valley, where Tenuta La Novella is located today.
The house had already lived many lives. Some areas had been restored, while others — including the former cattle barn and underground spaces — still carried traces of its agricultural past.
Pierre and Rebecca saw more than a building in need of renovation. They saw the possibility of creating a living place where hospitality, craftsmanship, food and agriculture could once again belong to the same story.
A Farmhouse Reborn
The transformation of Campo Sasso took an unexpected turn through Pierre and Rebecca’s long friendship with Dave and Jenny Marrs.
Working alongside Tuscan architects, craftspeople and local specialists, the Marrs helped bring new life to the farmhouse while respecting its stone walls, rural character and relationship with the surrounding landscape. The fourteen-month transformation was documented in the six-part HGTV series Fixer to Fabulous: Italiano.
The television series captured the rebirth of the house. What followed is the story Campo Sasso continues to write today.
What Campo Sasso Has Become
Today, Campo Sasso is a private farmhouse offered exclusively to one group of up to six guests. It is also the physical heart of the world Pierre and Rebecca have created together.
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Beneath the house, artisan cheeses mature in dedicated underground cellars. In the garden and surrounding land, vines grow among olive and fruit trees in an agroforestry interpretation of Tuscany’s traditional coltura promiscua. Campo Sasso extra virgin olive oil, Sasso Rosso wine and cheeses matured by Pierre bring the relationship between land, craftsmanship and taste directly to the table.
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For Rebecca and Pierre, hospitality is not about reproducing a hotel experience. It is about welcoming guests into the Tuscany they know: its landscapes, flavours, artisans, producers and everyday pleasures.
Campo Sasso is the most personal expression of that vision — a private home from which guests can experience Tuscany from within.
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