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The Good Life | the Tuscan countryside by Montalcino |
My favorite day during our trip to Tuscany was the day we visited Montalcino and the surrounding countryside. It just happened to be my husband's birthday. We only spent a little time in the town itself and I'd like to go back again someday and linger along its steep streets. We had arranged for a guide ahead of time to take us on a tour of a Brunello di Montalcino winery and a monastery with an olive mill nearby.
What a lasting impression this day had on me! We had never even heard of Brunello wine before, nor had we cooked much with olive oil. I felt like this day gave me my first sense of what life is like in Tuscany, and how the people live. |
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Herkbert Sat Feb 2, 2008 04:21 UTC
Nice tips and pics, Jane. We will be in Montalcino for two days in May and I can't wait. I just know there is a glass of brunello waiting for me! | frulula Tue Nov 28, 2006 09:01 UTC
one of the most authentic places i visited in this region!lovely pics, greetings, gabriela | tiger9090a Sat Jun 4, 2005 08:09 UTC
Nice pictures and comprehensive tips Jane! | matcrazy1 Mon Apr 25, 2005 23:27 UTC
Lucky you to meet the monk in charge of the monastery's olive mill and see techniques used to produce olive oil. |
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