Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Winery Heaven

We had a good breakfast at the hotel, included in the room rate, and bit later headed out for our reserved winery tour.

The Villa Vignamaggio is a little south of Greve, and is at least as large in acreage as the town.  It dates back to the 14th century.  In fact, they allege that Mona Lisa was born there in 1459, (a fact that is disputed by some).  The beautiful grounds were used for the film, "Much Ado About Nothing".

We had a tour of the Caves, a beautiful lunch with paired wines and as much time in the gardens as we cared to take.













Great tour, and I would highly recommend the wines, although they can't begin to approach the beauty of their location!


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