Today, we drove to just outside of Montalcino (about an hour and a half northwest of our rental house) to visit Altesino Winery. I'm getting pretty good at driving around the windy roads of Italy in our Ford Transit van with its manual transmission.This is the heart of Brunello country in Tuscany. We've arrived in the midst of harvest season.
We started with the usual tour of the winemaking facilities and the cellars. Then we went to the tasting room. Our guide was very liberal pouring every wine they offered (and large glasses of each one). Sitting atop a hill overlooking the vineyards surrounding the hillside town of Montalcino, this was a hard place not to fall in love with. Erin and Bryan started to really enjoy the practice of wine tasting.
We stocked up on wine for the house to drink during the week. And I bought a bottle of their best Brunello to bring home to the U.S..
Breaking News: Alitalia to cease operations and start liquidation if no agreement on their financial bailout is reached by end of day Thursday. Looks like we are going to be swimming home.
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