Between heaven and earth ... 'Castello di Semivicoli' in Abruzzo!

"More happiness is found in people who arise where good wines are found" ... This Leonardo da Vinci saying seems to lead the charming village of Semivicoli for decades, where the hospitality history and the art of making wine meet.The village of Semivicoli is part of the municipality of Casacanditella, in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo. The Abruzzo Region constantly seeks out to define itself as a country that lovingly protects its natural and architectural wealth, so that the visitor feels so comfortable as if he were born in this country to travel in harmony with time and nature.To fully love this place we will invite you to the Semivicoli Castle, where tranquility and pleasure can be taken at a 360 ° angle!Castello di Semivicoli is a "triumph" of the most comfortable details in which the "feeling of laziness" can be practiced in the best and most enjoyable way possible.


The castle was built in the 17th century and later served as a residence for the Perticone family, which was the home of the best wine growers.In 2004, when Baron Perticone's family was experiencing financial difficulties, Castello di Semivicoli was bought by entrepreneur Gianni Masciarelli. He and his wife, Marina Cvetic, undertook a major renovation, bringing all the ancient details and making it above all an ecological building.The Masciarelli family has a 30-year tradition of wine production and today the company with the same name is among the most active in the market, where Masciarelli's wine production plays an important role and extra virgin olive oil. Even in a room at Castello di Semivicoli you will also find a stone object with which farmers pressed the olive for the production of oil. It is a detail that Gianni Masciarelli and Marina Cvetic had for heart during the reconstruction of the castle.

Every hotel room within the castle has a meaning that reminds the past.
Refined equipment with a contemporary design exalts ancient architecture and references to its history such as: Chimney rooms and wooden and luxury ceilings, all stone rooms where they can be arranged and meetings and gatherings, the summer room in the middle of to which there is a table surrounded by (wooden shutters) holding the best wine. It is not at all discouraging to walk through an 18th-century building, where in its corridors is the light of a candle coming from the door of each room, making the ecological sense perfect to save energy.Every detail was followed for its construction, to the fire in the kitchen chimney, where the "tremble" of a cool morning at Semivicoli would be melted.

The castle, in its entirety, has 9 rooms and 3 suites, where the latter enjoys on every side the entire Abruzzo region.Care in every element in the reconstruction of the castle was the passion of Gianni Masciarelli, a stubborn, good wine connoisseur and a man of new ideas who left his footsteps in the structure of the Castle of Semivicoli.Castello di Semiviglio represents an important landmark in the Abruzzo tourist map for the highest quality wine, which comes from an act of love for a family that devoted all its powers to its wine and land.
The territory of Semivicoli is itself a vineyard, part of Masciarelli's wealth, the family that attracts visitors because of its history.Gianni Miachiarelli died of a cardiac attack in 2008 at the age of 53, but his widow, Marina Cvetic, dedicated entirely to the business and the castle. It is considered as an 'ambassador of the region in question where it continuously picks up its residents to discuss the issues of the day'!
Marina Cvetic, acquainted with Gianni Miachiarelli in 1987 and immediately created her personality on her husband's farm, as he created her the wine line named Marina Cvetic, which is now counted among the four separate business lines in 14 varieties: Masciarelli Classico (Montepulciano, Rosato, Trebbiano), Villa Gemma (Montepulciano, Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo, White), Marina Cvetić (Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon), Semivicoli Castle (Trebbiano, Aquilane) and Iskra (Montepulciano), for an annual output of over 2 million bottles.

The Miachiarelli family manufacturing company is based in San Martino sulla Marrucina, a small village in Chieti province, 420 meters above sea level, just 20 kilometers from the Adriatic Sea and 20 km from Majella's mountain peaks.San Martino is known as the "land between heaven and earth," where its inhabitants boast of their fertile soil that resisted Napoleon's troops at the end of 1700.And who would not want to violate the Semivoletto land to enjoy a "Marina Cvetic" (here is the word for wine) under the company of the seductive and soothing nature of Abruzzo.Chieti is very easy to reach: from Pescara is about 30 km away and from Rome about 220 km, about three hours drive.And it's so worth trying to experience the nature and history that come together to welcome you in a special atmosphere of tranquility and meditation, to experience unforgettable emotions and to feel the scent of grapes coming from the vines as a glamorous perfume.