Erik Banti leads a life many of us dream of - he owns a winery in Scansano, he travels the world to promote his wines, and he's an avid golfer. This afternoon we spent a couple of hours sampling his wines and talking about travel and golf. He specializes in Morellino di Scansano - in the U.S., we call this wine Sangiovese. He produces about 50,000 cases a year (a midsize winery here in Italy), but not very much of it reaches the U.S.. He's negotiating to sign a new distributor in California, so maybe we can load up on his wine when we get home.
Scansano is another one of those "picture postcard" hillside towns in Tuscany. The views go on seemingly forever, the town square has all the little shops you need to survive, and the small trattorias offer wonderful snacks, wine, and meals. Call Al D'Amico. Where's the Keller Williams real estate agent? I want to look at villas for sale.
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