Il Cerchio Del Vento - Montalcino

This is a Small and Very familiar place. They don't have a menu. They explain what they have for the moment and you choose based on what you could understand (Italian only! . Then a madam goes tô the Kitchen and prepare it. But the food is so good that It seems every option Will be a good one. It is also a small market. As a Small place, It can be a bit slow. They até not really in a hurry.. It's located in a Very Small and cosy town that reserves a visit by itself!

The Cerchio del Vento (Circle of the wind) is a place with unexpected qualities. It’s the only grocery store in the village of Sant'Angelo in Colle, with a room with some tables and an equipped kitchen, a cosy spot next to the medieval gate of the village. At lunchtime, Agostina cooks every day for her family (husband, daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren), which meets in the store around 1 pm. They are between five and seven people, who – as in the old families, especially in rural areas – taste delicious local dishes changing daily, with fresh selected ingredients, prepared by the mother, with skill, lot of work and love. Agostina cooks always for some persons more, as the surplus is shown on the counter of the store and sold during the day by portions to the villagers, or served to the few customers who come and sit at the tables. The dishes change all the time and it’s impossible to find something similar in the even excellent restaurants in the village and the area. There is a truly amazing use of seasonal vegetables: zucchini, peppers or eggplant stuffed with meat, onions and various flavours; zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta cheese, either fried or with tomato sauce; tuscan ratatouille; delicious meatballs with zucchini and onion; all kinds of roasted meat, from roast beef to porc fillet or polpettone stuffed with carrots and spinach; noodles all’aglione (local garlic tomato sauce), home-made bolognese, and sometimes wild boar sauce with laurel and rosemary; high variety of soups according to season (ribollita and panzanella, and a very special soup of chard and ricotta cheese). Excellent sheep cheese, porc cold cuts and wines (we are in the middle of Brunello land). A family service of great kindness ruled by Agostina&Luciano’s daughter Raffaella (also an excellent cook). A price you would not believe!

This is a great little place in San Angelo in Colle close to Montalcino. The food and service was more then perfect.Mama is in the kitchen and making fresh meals every day, no menu just what see feels like making. Even her family eat in the restaurant.Her dauther serves the food and was very kind and helpful.We even asked Mama if she whould come back with us.This is a 5 star place and well worth the stop.

Very pleasant and welcoming environment, you can get the typical cuisine of the area, based on pici, bread soup, fegatelli and homemade desserts. the pleasantness of the staff makes you feel like at home, the value for money is really great. the walk then after lunch is really a Tuscan, the view from Saint Angel is wonderful. a place to go back and return several times, recommended!

The place is beautiful and in order, it is present like an osteria/enoteca but inside it is also a shop with food and other, which has garbato me a lot! we tasted meats and cheeses typical of the area, the pine nuts is a red wine of the house, all good. I think you deserve a visit because you still have a lot to tell! for us it is