Brescia vineyard

Francesca (fourth generation vintner) with Robyn and Lani from LA. Prosecco is a sparkling wine that has undergone the first fermentation only (it is not bottle fermented). It is light and a little sweet. It's usually available at our breakfast buffets and I enjoy it with pulpy orange juice.

Bergamo, to Verona

May 12th 2017
Geo: 45.6995, 9.66472Bergamo (emphasis on the first syllable) was originally built 2,500 years ago by Germanic people. Its city wall was completed in the 1500s, and there has been no new building or demolition inside the wall since then (only refurbishments). Clay for bricks was in short supply so the city is built almost entirely of stone. Luckily Bergamo is in a very low risk earthquake zon ... 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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