Pienza, Val d’Orcia, Tuscany
A red-walled villa built in 1846 by Gervasio Newton, a descendant of Isaac Newton, at one of the highest points of the Val d’Orcia — 360-degree UNESCO-landscape views between Pienza and Montepulciano. Swiss architect and designer Antonie Bertherat Kioes restored it recently into the most art-directed small estate in the valley: maximalist retro interiors, Seventies detailing, a tiled retro pool under scalloped blush-pink parasols, a farm-to-table restaurant (Il Cervo), and the estate’s own winery on 140 working hectares. Casa Newton takes full privatization for weddings of up to about fifty guests with twenty-two sleeping on site — a design-led hideaway for couples whose reference points are editorial, not traditional. The press list (Financial Times, NYT T List, Vogue Italia, AD) reflects exactly that.