Food Art, Castello di Banfi

Ann documents the wonderful food!

October 5th 2006
Our hosts, Doris and Dooooglas, are proud of their coup; they were able to arrange lunch and a tour for us at Banfi Vineyards. We sacrificed a cooking class with Luccanese local chef Lido Martini of Fattoria Gambaro, in order to ride the bus to Montalcino, tour Banfi, and eat (& drink) ourselves stupid. Banfi puts on quite a wonderful spread. We started in their store area, sampling wine and ea ... 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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"People don't take trips - trips take people." -John Steinbeck Pat finally graduated, and we are ready to end the vacation drought. Join our adventure as Italy takes us on a trip through a culinary week in historic Lucca, pesto lunch on the Cinque Terre, the canals of Venezia, ski boot manufacturing in Montebelluna, the beauty of Cernobbio on Lago di Como, roller coaster bus rides along the Amalfi Coast, and the Seven Hills of Roma. In between will be lots of opportunities for misadventure as we navigate the Italian rail system. Guaranteed, "the only way to be sure of catching a train ... full info

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