Chianti Vista

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September 13th 2012
On Thursday, after leaving Sienna, we drove through the Chianti region to finish our road trip through Tuscany. It is really stunning with hillsides of grapes and olive trees every way you look. Our luck held again when we choose a place for lunch, the Ves Cine Winery; the food was amazing and the wine just as good. We keep attracting free liqueur samples at our luncheon stops (life is hard, but w ... 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