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\"Tuscany<\/a>
The village of Sinalunga in Tuscany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A couple of months ago I posted a blog on the world\u2019s best wine travel destinations, and Tuscany was at the top of that list.\u00a0 This month\u2019s only confirms my choice.\u00a0 Not only is the Tuscan countryside immensely beautiful, an artful blend of nature and the fruitful hands of men and woman, it contains some of the world\u2019s greatest cities and towns.\u00a0 Florence and Siena remain perennial favorites for their gastronomical delights as well as their art, but the likes of Bagno Vignoni, Pienza, and the tiny villages that cling to hilltops beckon, too, at nearly every turn of the road.\u00a0 If the truth be told, the prospect of eating my way through Tuscany provided impetus enough to make this trip.\u00a0 Our first dinner set us on course, many courses in fact, including an incredible Pecorino cheese pie with balsamic vinegar, wild honey, and cinnamon over a bed of caramelized pears, followed by homemade pappardelle pasta with chianina beef ragu, and then on to tender juicy filets of herb roasted veal with cherry tomatoes and roasted potatoes, and finally the most decadent Amaretto ice cream pie that defies words.\u00a0 Several of us went back the next night just to have another go at the dessert.<\/p>\n

We washed down this outstanding meal with a wonderful Vernaccia from nearby San Gimignano, followed by three delicious Tuscan reds from the region\u2019s quintessential producer of Carmignano, Ambra.\u00a0 Ambra\u2019s 2012 Santa Cristina and 2010 Riserva Montalbiolo are simply two Tuscan wines not to be missed.\u00a0 And Ambra\u2019s Vin Santo with dessert completed the meal.\u00a0 Yet, each subsequent Tuscan meal was better than the next, and so were the wines.\u00a0 Dei\u2019s irresistible Rosso di Montepulciano proves that fine wine is indeed affordable, while Caterina Dei\u2019s 2008 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Bassona Reserva reminded me that it\u2019s all right to splurge.\u00a0 The Bassona Riserva would make almost anything taste good, and a little indulgence never hurt anyone.\u00a0 And never before now have I enjoyed Rosso and Brunello di Montalcino as much as on this trip.\u00a0 Le Potazzine\u2019s 2012 Rosso and 2010 Brunello are works of art as it Uccelieria\u2019s 2012 Rosso and 2010 Brunello.\u00a0 I have not even left Italy and I am already planning to a return to sample more of Tuscany\u2019s greatest treasures, its food and wine.\u00a0 And after a long day of eating and drinking, one can be quickly restored while sitting in the hot thermal baths in the picturesque village of Bagno Vignoni, just a few minutes from Tuscany\u2019s greatest wines.\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Salute!
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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