A (sneaky) trip to Florence to start the season
The season has started. With full force. So it was time to run away.
A (sneaky) trip to Florence to start the season
We have welcomed and said goodbye to two groups of guests (our third group arrives tomorrow), we have sold several bottles of wine, and meetings and calls with various prospective clients and distributors have been lined up. Phew. La Dolce Vita Indeed.
Meanwhile, we are also trying to discover more of this wonderful country by going on sneaky, impromptu trips to nearby towns and villages.
Our latest was (another) quick 24 hour trip to Firenze, with a very taxing 'To Do' List:
- strolling along the River Arno
- sipping a Negroni at Caffe Gilli
- savoring a non-Italian (yes, you can have too much of a good thing) Dim Sumdinner
- taking in a few UNESCO heritage sites late at night (while having our first gelato of the season); and
- visiting the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum.
Yes, we can modestly declare that our dedication to research knows no bounds.
Meanwhile, we are delighted with the reorganization of our cantina and the new barrel racks that we have installed. It was really hard work but the results are more than worth it.
One of the things we’ve learned over the past five years is that owning a winery in Tuscany is a bit like peeling an onion.
So this edition could be considered to be a little bit geeky but our dear gentle readers [that’s you lot by the way] will remember our last newsletter. There we were, in the immortal lyrics of Smile by Lily Allen, having “a little whine and a moan” about winter. We were, however, also looking forward to things getting busier. [Editors Note: Now I see why he remembered this line although he spells it without the ‘h”….].
