A historic villa, limoncello spritzes, and a welcome pizza party—who could ask for anything more?

Alessia Angelotti

When they first sat down to plan their wedding, Tina Bai and Joe Rodonis knew the venue had to be someplace that had a story. “We really love being in a space imbued with history,” the bride says. The New York City -based couple first considered venues upstate, where there are historic estates aplenty. But since so many of their guests would be flying long-haul to attend—Tina was born in Shanghai , and many of her loved ones are based in China —it felt like too much to ask them to head to the Big Apple and then also get in the car and drive for a few hours. Where else, perhaps between East and West, could they get what they were looking for? “Obviously, the Italian country landscape has always spoken to us,” laughs Tina.

There they found a venue with a slightly bawdy history in Sovicille, near Siena in Tuscany complete with impeccable vistas; think cypress trees and rolling hills.…