Tuscany--Montalcino Photo 4

Tuscany--Montalcino

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January 13th 2010
The next day, we did another winery visit in Montalcino. Before going to the town of Montalcino, we stopped briefly in the cute little town of Piensa. It was so picturesque that they were actually filming for a movie there! We met Dad's old friend Alassandro in Montalcino, and he helped to facilitate the tour, which was good since the winemakers spoke virtually no English! Although the grapes ... 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