...IT HAS THE LEGENDS, PASSION, JOY....

This is a sacred history.

It has the legends, the passion, the joy ...

yes, joy....

....that only wine can give. It has all the

flavour & gusto of wine...

“We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle.

But this conversion is, through the goodness of God,

made every day before our eyes.

 Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards,

and which incorporates itself with the grapes,

to be changed into wine;

a constant proof that God loves us,

 and loves to see us happy.”

                                                                              
                                                                                by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Wine .....that tastes of sun .....

Tuscany, as regards wines, has no equal the world over,

thanks to a most felicitous nature...

and to a civilization of.. 

...the grapevine and of wine that has been

decanted and refined over

the centuries...!

Soft rolling hills with their haunting luminosity....

Here there is light ...... the sun....!

Radiant sunlight &  the right soil are the soul of wine....

...But the tradition of the countryside and

the memory of men are the...

...solide bases of this extraordinary Tuscan wine culture...!

                 Each grape variety has its own unique combination of

                characteristics including color, size, skin thickness,

                 acidity, yield per vine and flavors..

Wine that tastes of the sea ......

It is an undeniably sacred history, that of wine on the hills

bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

It was British (and thus impartial)

 historians who wrote with

no uncertainty:

"Wine-growing, grape vines and wine have been an integral part

of Tuscan civilization for almost three millenniums,

since the Etruscan settled in

the territory".

In the Cantina ....

A cap of grape skins forms on the surface of fermenting red wine.

Details of my friends gorgeous Cantina, the Wine Cellar...

                                              "Wine is the pleasantest subject in the world to discuss.

                                        All its associations are with occasions when people are at their best;

                                      with relaxation, contentment, leisurely meals and the free flow of ideas."

                                                               by Hugh Johnson, wine book author

 

 

                      I hope very much you liked this little "escape" back in the

                                         warm & sunny september....

                                       taking a deep breath of fresh,

                                       pure september air & enjoying the

                                 warm late summer sun

                                 & sipping a glass of

                                 gentle Tuscan wine with me...!

                                   "CinCin"

                                

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