Just arriving home from a wine trip to Italy, I find myself reflecting back to many memorable evenings, especially in Tuscany.

 We were urged to take a 45 minute walk around the walled-in, medieval village of Cortona.

 The short walk turned out to be over 2 hours long, but truly a walk I'll never forget.  Our gracious host gave us the historic events of the invasion of the Romans on his town of Cortona,

  

pointing out the inlet where they unsucessfully  tried to invade.                            

Continuing along the path, we came upon the house where "Under The Tuscan Sun" was filmed. 

 By this time, my heart was beating double-time.  I can't say it was sheer exhaustion from the "little" walk or the overwhelming romantic Tuscan air!

Arriving back to the center of town, we were just in time for our 8 PM dinner reservation.  After a wonderful multi-course meal and superb selection of Tuscan wines, we ended the day with La Calonica Vinsanto Di Montepulciano and homemade biscotti. 

   A little taste of Tuscany!

I can think of no place better for a honey-moon or "special" vacation as Tuscany. 

--Marie Griffin, Wine Supervisor, West/North Florida