Fonterutoli cellar... some very old bottles

Most of the family's wine was stolen during the German occupation of World War II, so the cellar dates from post that time. The oldest bottle is from the 50s...

Venice & Siena - a little taste

May 23rd 2007
You will have to excuse these entries being posted in the wrong order, as we stopped in Italy before I arriving in our current destination of the Maldives. I hope you enjoy our tales just the same! I arrived in Venice 2 days after Cristiano on the 27th of April, and Andrea's (Cris' niece) baptism was set for 11am the next day. I was pretty tired, having spent the best part of a day and a half tra ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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