Tuesday started with tippling at the Poggio Rubino Winery. They are famous for Brunello wine. This is a type of wine which is not opened for 4-5 years after it is bottled. The youngest vintage we could buy was 2010. It will get better - less tannic and more complex with age. Since this our 40th Wedding anniversary this month we thought it was a perfect purchase for our 50th anniversary. We will be sure to label it with instructions so if we get demented our kids can know to bring it to the 'home'.
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| View from restaurant |
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| Waste not, want not. Collecting leftover wine |
From the winery we went directly to a hilltop restaurant outside of Montalcino for a four course lunch then onto the abbey, venue for the third concert.
The Abbazia di Sant' Antimo is a simple Romanesque abbey, surrounded by olive groves and vineyards is the venue for our third concert. It was a lovely serene setting.
After a good concert we boarded the bus for a three hour drive to Montecatini Terme. The swaying double decker can be a challenge for some travelers on these curvy mountain roads.
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