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Can personalize a wine tour for you and yours to experience the wines, food, art and culture of many beautiful places. Currently planning tours for Tuscany and Bordeaux, with plenty of other options available. Please contact me to find out more information.

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A Tour of Tuscany

The region of Tuscany, brings to mind beautiful artwork, the home of the Renaissance, a picturesque land of rolling hills of cypress trees, olive groves and vineyards, traditional farmhouses, historic wine estates, medieval towns and the ornate cities of Florence and Siena.

Join us for a chance to tantalize your taste buds and educate your palate, tasting some of the finest of Tuscan wines from world renowned wineries, with the people who created them in the places where they are created. We will experience tours of vineyards and wine cellars. To learn more...

 
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A flavorful exploration of Piedmont

I've been lucky enough to visit Italy in the past, but never the North West region. Piedmont, is a beautiful andrich area, located at the edge of the majestic Alps and Apennines, known for its world renowned wines, like Barolo and Barbaresco. I was invited to visit the Monferrato region to learn more about Italian wines. This experience was guided by the expert and passionate proponent of indigenous grapes, Ian D’Agata. Ian has written about the grapes, wines and foods of Italy in Gambero Rosso, International Wine Cellar, Decanter and Vinous as well as the book, "The Native Grapes of Italy". We were privileged to learn and explore some of the many wines of Italy, including some that I had never heard of. Here I share some of my experiences of this sensorial adventure. To learn more...