miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009

Here we are at Pienza...

let's talk window to window!

The city of Cheese!!


a lot of cheese.



a picture with Pinocchio!!!



Visiting "The Oldest Cantina" in Montepulciano


ID's please...
Old, really old etruscan tumb (grave).....
History museum....
here youn can see an body armor and soldier's helmet.


The oldest Cork machine.



Wine tools museum.



Wine making tools.

Here is Shelley with an old fashion Barrel


Here you can see a coleccion of barrels and wine containers





Underground cellars.



Visiting a Cantina (Wine cellar) in Montepulciano


From Small Barrels with wax on the cork.....on the Highest level of the cellar.
Here the temperature was Cold as we went down...


Check the gas
opening on top of the Barrels, to let the CO2 scape.

This level of cellar was cold ond old.



Here you can see the diferents level aging barrels.



viernes, 23 de enero de 2009

Visiting Fattoria(Cantina=Winery) Pulcino, in Montepulcino/ Visitando la Bodega Pulcino en Montepulciano.


In this Cantina they let you test wines, and they pour like a 2 oz for each glass, plus a lot of snack, as prociutto, formaggio, pane e olio di oliva....you wont believe it!!. for free.!!

Here is Shelley and this room was an etruscan tombe (grave).....

underground rooms or cellars....

Bartender Autority at this Etruscan Tomb (graves)....



A Street in Montepulciano......



Visiting the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano/ Sin Palabras.


In the Holy Land..../ La tierra prometida.

In Montepulciano.

Hard to drive here.....

A perfect picture to describe the wine country....



Vineyards everywhere.



Around San Gimignano/ Alrededor de San Giminiano


Hills all over....

Shelley at San Donato's Wine shop.

Like the old times.

and more vineyards....



City of San Giminiano.