Tuscany | another lunch

The lunch on our second day of the educational study tour of Tuscany was just as huge and fantastic as the lunch we had the previous day. This time we enjoyed local dishes at Ristorante Adriano Di Nencini Fabio in Cerreto Guidi. After that we got a guided tour of the Polli factory, and then we drove a lot (again) to have a guided tour and dinner at Castello di Volpaia.Click the tag "Tuscany June

Tuscany | Campochiarenti

The first visit of day 2 of our educational study tour in Tuscany was Campochiarenti winery near San Gimignano, about halfway between Florence and Siena. After that we visited Streda Belvedere winery and holiday apartments.Click the tag "Tuscany June 2011" to view all these Tuscany posts | See all the photos, including photos not posted here, in the Italy: Tuscany set on Flickr

Tuscany | randoms day 1

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Tuscany | Svoltaccarozze, on film

Fuji pro 160S, Olympus mjuAfter that fantastic lunch we drove to Svoltaccarozze, a winery, restaurant, bed and breakfast in Murlo, 20 km south of Siena. Svoltaccarozze is a lovely family run place, where they among other things grow a lot of their own vegetables for use in the restaurant kitchen.Click the tag "Tuscany June 2011" to view all these Tuscany posts | See all the photos, including

Tuscany | lunch

After the visit at Basile we drove to the little village of Civitella Marittima and had a fantastic (huge) lunch at the charming Locanda nel Cassero restaurant. I would love to go back here!Rivolta del Cassero; deep fried pancake with bacon and farm cheese - a typical dish for this village.Pici bugiardo; another typical dish of the area. Pici is the name of the pasta. Bugiardo means "liar"; the

Tuscany | Basile

The first visit of our educational study tour of Tuscany was the rice producer Serrata Lunga. Then we drove to Basile, an organic winery run by a former lawyer from Naples. Basile is located in a beautiful Tuscan landscape in Maremma, in the Municipality of Cinigiano, about one hour drive from Grosseto.Click the tag "Tuscany June 2011" to view all these Tuscany posts | See all the photos,