Wine Aperitivo

A Taste of the Italian Countryside

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February 15th 2008
This afternoon about 20 of us went out to the Italian countryside (about 5km out of Florence) for a tour of a vineyard and wine tasting. It was absolutely beautiful and the air was so clean. It was definitely a needed change from the city air and reminded me of being home in Colorado. The vineyard and gardens were housed in an old Medici summer home, it looked like a place where I would love to sp ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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