2 days in Siena and 2 days in Montalcino should provide opportunities to visit wineries. One of the things my wife and I want to do during this trip is to accumulate some good wine and take it home with us. It seems there are a lot of wineries - some of the names I am familiar with since I buy the wines here in the U.S (Banfi, Col d'Orcia, Ciacci Piccolomini). Rather than buy wines in Italy that I can easily buy here in the U.S., I'd prefer to visit wineries and buy good wine that is difficult or impossible to obtain here. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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San Mateo, CA, USA
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Nostra Vita winery near Montalcino. They only make Brunello and Rosso di Brunello and only sell it locally. Very nice family operation in a beautiful setting. Need to call ahead for an appointment.
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martinez, ca, usa
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hey stuckart
you'll have a fun time in italy. lots of wineries everywhere. since you're there in september with harvest season and festivals check out:
greve in chianti september 6-9 2018, may have a shuttle to festival
panzano main square september 13-16
montefioralle divino september 22-23.
in venice you may want to do a cicchetti pub crawl. look up schezzini.it alessandro does the crawl with finger foods, wine, and venice history.
in rome you may want to check out oldfrascatiwinetours.com a 30 minute train ride from rome. also look at ceralli.it 4 generation family all in one bakery, pizza oven and famous for their porchetta. walk around the small village, shop, people watch, have lunch train back to rome. enjoy
aloha