Italy, experienced differently.
Small groups. Thoughtfully curated experiences. Time to taste, walk, cook, listen, and understand a place instead of simply passing through it.
Two ways into the Mediterranean.
One goes deep into the olive harvest of Tuscany. The other opens into the food, wine, villages, and Adriatic rhythms of Le Marche. Both are unmistakably Cesira.
A Private Taste of Tuscany
Walk the olive groves during harvest, experience the mill, taste fresh EVOO through the perspective of an olive-oil sommelier, cook Tuscan food, explore Chianti wine, and become connected to the grove for the year ahead.
Olive oil · Harvest · Tuscany · Culinary tradition
The Mediterranean Living Immersion
Live the Mediterranean rhythm through local markets, hands-on cooking, olive groves, indigenous wine, historic borghi, coastal trails, the Adriatic by boat, long lunches, and evening passeggiate.
Mediterranean living · Food · Wine · Sea · Slow travel
Different journeys.
The same attention to place.
Choose by the experience you want to carry home — not by how many stops are on the itinerary.
Different places.
The same philosophy.
Wherever we gather, the idea remains simple: slow down long enough to understand where your food comes from, meet the people behind it, and rediscover the pleasure of gathering around a table.
Small by Design
Six to eight guests. Enough for a shared table, never a crowd.
Close to the Source
Groves, vineyards, markets, kitchens, villages, and the people who care for them.
Designed to Come Home
Not simply memories of Italy, but ways of tasting, cooking, gathering, and living.
The table is small by design.
Choose the experience that speaks to you and join us for a more intimate way of experiencing Italy.
Meet Dr. Brandi
Dr. Brandi Muilenburg is an integrative and functional nutritionist, certified olive oil sommelier, author, and founder of Cesira Olio d’Oliva.
Her retreats grew from years spent returning to Italy — walking the groves, learning from farmers and producers, tasting alongside artisans, and discovering that the Mediterranean lifestyle is about far more than what appears on the plate.
Through Cesira Immersions, Brandi invites guests beyond traditional tourism and into a more personal experience of Italy: understanding the land, meeting the people behind the food, sharing long tables, and learning simple traditions that can be carried home.
“Understanding where our food comes from changes the way we taste it — and often, the way we live.”
