Ruffino Winery Tour in Beautiful Tuscany + Two Villa Recommendations

Ruffino Winery Tour in Beautiful Tuscany + Two Villa Recommendations

In June we did a driving trip through Northern Italy. We started near Innsbruck, Austria before driving through the Dolomites followed by the Prosecco Road, then spending a couple of days in Venice before heading to Tuscany, making a stop along the Mediterranean near La Spezia, spending a day in Milan to see the Last Supper and finally driving back through Switzerland. It was awesome. We both fell in love with Tuscany. We spent some time in the heart of the Chianti Classico region and it was only common sense that we visit a winery!

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Wine and Monasteries

Wine and Monasteries

One thing I'm coming to realize about Europe is that monasteries and booze seem to go to together like peas and carrots (Forrest Gump anyone?).  Exhibit A from two weekends ago: Chimay brewery and Trappist monks.  Exhibit B: wine and Kloster Eberbach, near Wiesbaden.  Another realization: switching between European and American keyboards is difficult.  The z and y are switched, the @ is hard to find (I actually had to google ...

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