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Field Trip to Chianti vineyard

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November 16th 2009
I'm taking a wine and food pairing class in Florence. For the class we were able to visit a Chianti vineyard. We had to take a bus and it was about an hour bus ride to the vineyard. We toured the vineyard, it was a nice Fall day so the colors were amazing. We then got to taste 3 Chianti wines, 1 was the basic Chianti, the second was a 2006, and the third was a super Tuscan Chianti. The second wine ... 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