Tuscany, Italy – Day 2 Chianti

So it poured all night, but we woke up mid morning and decided to continue with our plan to drive through Chianti and do some wine tasting. It continued to drizzle off and on, but we managed to stop at four different wineries.  The favorite wine from the region is the Chianti Classico. The label with the black rooster. I think we picked up a bottle from every place we stopped. It’s quite nice. And not expensive.

On our tour through the Italian country side, the rolling vineyards of Tuscany, we drove through many quaint little villages. One of them was literally a town built inside a castle on a hill. Castellina in Chianti. There were others like this, but each one unique. Of course we had to pull over and explore every time. Walking through these castle towns makes one feel transported back to medieval  times. I would love to bring my kids back here. They would really enjoy the make-believe of Knights, and princesses, friar-tucks and peasants.

It’s crazy going half way around the world then running into people you know. I saw my clients Sean and Ghazal, they were married last fall at the Four Seasons in Las Vegas. They were on their delayed honeymoon. While staying in Florence they were driving through Chianti on the same day, wine tasting in the same village as us. Wild!