tuscan wine tasting

A Walk Through Chianti: Our 2025 Francigena Way Tour Review

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Francigena Way Chianti Tour: A 2025 Review A Walk Through Chianti: Our 2025 Francigena Way Tour Review First Impressions: Leaving the City Behind for Rolling Hills The feeling of leaving Siena in the morning is, you know, just something else. You get picked up in a comfortable private car, and as you drive, you literally watch the stone buildings give way to these incredible green hills. So, the air itself feels like it changes. I mean, all the busyness of the city sort of just melts away, and you’re left with this quiet expectation for the day. Actually, that transition …

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Chianti Lovers Tour Review: 2 Wineries & Lunch from Florence

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Chianti Lovers Tour Review: 2 Wineries & Lunch from Florence So, you are thinking about swapping the, you know, pretty packed avenues of Florence for a full day just enjoying some really amazing wine, right? That is that this Chianti Lovers Private Tour basically puts forward as an idea. It is, like, a whole day planned out just for you, with stops at a couple of different wine-making places and a genuine Tuscan meal included. But you know, is it actually as perfect as it sounds? Frankly, I’m here to give you the real story on what it’s actually like. …

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A Real Look at the 2025 Chianti Wine Tour: Two Estates in the Florence Hills

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A Real Look at the 2025 Chianti Wine Tour: Two Estates in the Florence Hills You know, there’s something pretty special about the idea of leaving a city behind for a day. We were in Florence, and frankly, the thought of swapping stone streets for dirt paths was very appealing. So, we decided on this ‘Wine Tour of two Chianti wine estates on the hills of Florence’ for 2025, sort of on a whim. Honestly, I wanted to see if these tours are really what they’re cracked up to be. This is, you know, just my take on the whole …

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An Authentic Food & Wine Tour with a Sommelier in Pisa: My 2025 Review

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An Authentic Food & Wine Tour with a Sommelier in Pisa: My 2025 Review So, you are probably thinking of Pisa, and, well, the first picture in your head is almost certainly that famous tower doing its signature lean. It’s okay, literally everyone does that. But what I discovered, you know, on my latest trip is that the city’s real spirit is actually found far from the camera-clicking crowds. The city’s soul is seemingly tucked away in its little alleyways, inside the kitchens of its old trattorias, and, as a matter of fact, at the bottom of a really good …

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Review: 2025 Morigine Wine Lovers-Aperitif in the Vineyard at Sunset

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Review: 2025 Morigine Wine Lovers-Aperitif in the Vineyard at Sunset You know, some evenings just stay with you. They sort of carve out a little space in your memory. Our time at the 2025 Morigine ‘Wine Lovers-Aperitif in the Vineyard at Sunset’ was, like, totally one of those. Honestly, we went in expecting a pretty standard wine tasting, you know, the kind you do on vacation. But what we found was something, well, quite different and frankly, really special. The whole idea is simple, you see: good wine, some delicious local bites, and a truly killer view as the sun …

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