During your Italy vacation you will see that wine is very important to the country. It has some of the oldest vineyards on the planet and some of the best wines are produced here. About 20% of wine on the planet is produced in Italy. While you're on your Italy vacation you will find that wine is drunk with every meal and sometimes in-between meals. It will be offered to you almost everywhere you go because grapes are grown all over Italy and wine is made by everyone from the villagers to the large commercial wineries. You are able to that there are one million vineyards in Italy!
Precisely what are some of the wineries you should visit on your Italian vacation? The Enthusiastic Traveler offers winery tours in May, September and October. This tour influences Tuscan region which is the home of the Super Tuscan. Super Tuscan wines usually do not follow the rules of wine-making. Blends are made using non-traditional types of combining certain grapes which are not normally combined. The tour will need you to a farm called Castel Pietraio in a very beautiful hillside town near Siena for a simple wine tasting of wines produced by squeezing grapes in barrels.
Other vineyards are visited and lots of people on an Italy vacation that can here say they smell your wine in the air. There is also a visit to an old castle complete with a wine making baron who's discovered some very rare grapes to use in his wines. For your visit Italy "The Enthusiastic Traveler".
Ca'Bruzzo Italian Winery is situated in Northern Italy close to Venice. They grow 5 kinds of grapes here and produce about 20,000 bottles a year. This is a small family owned winery and they also believe their close physical exposure to the vines make for their especially tasty wines. In your Italy vacation you may want to take this tour because not only do you get to taste wine at its different stages of development and see the wine cellar but the family will likely teach you how to make wine and care for a vineyard. There is a lot of focus here on the benefits of organically grown grapes for wine. If you love this vineyard during your vacation in Italy, the Bruzzos can even ship their wine to you so you can continue to experience the amazing taste.
Just about the most memorable wines that you may come across during your Italy vacation is termed "Est! Est! Est!" This is a semi-sweet white wine from Montefiascone. They have some effervescence and a mildly fruity flavor. It is stated that this wine got its name from your story of a German bishop who necessary to go to Rome and sent someone in front of him to mark for the doors of inns serving the very best wines along the way. He marked the doors using the word "Est!" in chalk when he got to Montefiascone he liked your wine so much that he marked the inn door with "Est! Est! Est!"
Precisely what are some of the wineries you should visit on your Italian vacation? The Enthusiastic Traveler offers winery tours in May, September and October. This tour influences Tuscan region which is the home of the Super Tuscan. Super Tuscan wines usually do not follow the rules of wine-making. Blends are made using non-traditional types of combining certain grapes which are not normally combined. The tour will need you to a farm called Castel Pietraio in a very beautiful hillside town near Siena for a simple wine tasting of wines produced by squeezing grapes in barrels.
Other vineyards are visited and lots of people on an Italy vacation that can here say they smell your wine in the air. There is also a visit to an old castle complete with a wine making baron who's discovered some very rare grapes to use in his wines. For your visit Italy "The Enthusiastic Traveler".
Ca'Bruzzo Italian Winery is situated in Northern Italy close to Venice. They grow 5 kinds of grapes here and produce about 20,000 bottles a year. This is a small family owned winery and they also believe their close physical exposure to the vines make for their especially tasty wines. In your Italy vacation you may want to take this tour because not only do you get to taste wine at its different stages of development and see the wine cellar but the family will likely teach you how to make wine and care for a vineyard. There is a lot of focus here on the benefits of organically grown grapes for wine. If you love this vineyard during your vacation in Italy, the Bruzzos can even ship their wine to you so you can continue to experience the amazing taste.
Just about the most memorable wines that you may come across during your Italy vacation is termed "Est! Est! Est!" This is a semi-sweet white wine from Montefiascone. They have some effervescence and a mildly fruity flavor. It is stated that this wine got its name from your story of a German bishop who necessary to go to Rome and sent someone in front of him to mark for the doors of inns serving the very best wines along the way. He marked the doors using the word "Est!" in chalk when he got to Montefiascone he liked your wine so much that he marked the inn door with "Est! Est! Est!"
