★ The essential guide to visiting Tuscan wineries ★
Youre heading to Tuscany, Italy, and youre renting a car and plan to visit some wineries?
Then this guide is a must: youll find a selection of the best wineries to visit, position on the map, a bit of background info, opening hours and when to visit, winery tours and fees that you should expect for the tastings and tours.
There are also extra bits about the towns worth visiting, some restaurant recommendations, wine related activities, along with great info about the Italian wine regulations, general info about the specific wine regions, the native grape varietals, etiquette when visiting the Tuscan wineries, how to get your wine home, and much much more...
★ About the Author ★
Im Rebecca Wine (I also have a few real names: maiden name Christophersen, married name Gouttenoire) and Im a Danish-Canadian who decided to come to Italy in the mid 90ies.
Soon after I landed I got involved in my first wine related adventure, the Enoteca Baldovino, one of Florences first wine bars together with friends who now own the renowned Villa Bordoni Hotel close to Greve in Chianti (www.villabordoni.com).
Wine was revealed to me as the most wonderful beverage full of nuances that have to do with places, culture, history & tradition. My interest was hence nurtured by numerous tasting opportunities every day and since then it has been a long path of discovering new flavors and dimensions of the wine world.
In the 2004 I started touring with guests as a wine tour guide taking them to my favorite wineries around Tuscany (www.tuscan-wine-tours.com). Then in 2009 started a restaurant with 3 friends called Officina della Cucina Popolare (youll find a reference to it under Eateries in this APP) and then in 2010 I started the very first wine school in Tuscany called, in
★ About Sutro Media ★
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