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Tuscany 2009.
Some pictures from Tuscany during the trip in February 2009. Anteprima San Gimignano, Chianti Classico Collection, Anteprima Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Benvenuto Brunello di Montalcino.
The "Gallo Nero", the Logo of the Consorzio.
More than 400 Bottles ready for the tasting.
The tastingroom with producers in "Stazione Leopoldo" in Florence.
Waiting for the crowd.
The Wine-Times "Office" in Montalcino, the best coffee & wine bar in town: "Alle Logge di Piazza" beside the city hall.
If you have any trouble with your plastik money in Italy, in Montalcino they take it all...
The breathtaking view from my hotel room.
If you want to buy Brunello, don't ask the producers, you have to buy in the "Enotecas" in town.
Pretty high prices...
...but the second wine, the "Rosso di Montalcino" is worth every Cent.
The old castle, called "Fortezza", where the tastings were held.
Inside the Fortezza tasting at the tables...
...sometimes pretty crowded...
...better to sit down.
Every year a tile is made by an artist...
...and mounted on the wall of the city hall. In the tile you can see the rating of the vintage.
If you look really close, there is a hunter and his dogs looking for wild pigs. A speciality from Tuscany is the "Salami Cinghalese", a salami from wild pigs.
The "Main Street" up to the Piazza, with the impressing tower of the city hall.
From the vineyards.
Downtown.
Lovely "skyline".
A lot of details can be found.
Vineyards around Montalcino.
Sangiovese, in Montalcino called Brunello-Grape or "Sangiovese Grosso". In Montepulciano named "Prugnolo Gentile".
Vineyards near Montepulciano.
In the center of Montepulciano, in front of city hall on the "Piazza" they built a tent for the Anteprima-tastings.
This is inside the tent.
Vernaccia di San Gimignano versus Hermitage, very interesting...
...and a lot of work...
...full concentration on a lot of glasses.
The beautiful old "Sala Dante".
Sommeliers waiting to serve the next wine.
