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After 8 weeks of lockdown, Italy is getting ready for phase 2. Over the month of May, different kinds of businesses will reopen. Museums...
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Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
Gone with the Grape - short grape stories
Usually, by April we're in full swing showing our guests the budding of the vines and tasting the fruits of previous great vintages....
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
The enchanting Val d'Orcia
The competition for beauty in Tuscany is tough. There are so many different landscapes from sea to mountains and everything in between,...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min
Travel Ban & What You Can Do
It's by now quite clear that travel will be close to impossible over the next month or so. This is going to impact the travel industry...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Real gelato - with Sergio Dondoli in San Gimignano
Last week I went to see Sergio Dondoli in San Gimignano and got his fascinating life story. Sergio runs the most successful gelateria in...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Mar 8, 2020
- 2 min
5 best wine bars in Florence
Le Volpi e L'Uva If you want to have the option of tasting many different wines from all around the boot, Le Volpi e L’Uva is possibly...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Terracotta Amphora from Tuscany
Giovanni is the very essence of a fine artisan. His whole life philosophy coincides with his craft, where the earth materializes into everla
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Feb 8, 2020
- 2 min
Meat Dario Cecchini - butcher in Panzano in Chianti
Dario is the most outspoken and opinionated butcher in the world. He's kind of famous; discussed, interviewed, filmed and has a great...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Vin Santo - best dessert wine in Italy
Vin Santo is a heavenly dessert wine typical of Tuscany served at the end of a meal. It ranges from very sweet styles to dryer ones....
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
Pinot Noir, or Pinot Nero in Italy
Some Pinot Noir facts · The meaning of Pinot in French is Pine, referring perhaps to the cone shape of the grape. · Pinot Noir's...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Jan 26, 2020
- 1 min
Must visit wineries in Tuscany
A guide to tasting your way through Tuscany in 2020! Grape Tours' decade-long experience of visiting wineries around Tuscany is now...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Jan 19, 2020
- 1 min
2015 Brunello di Montalcino - 5 star vintage
When it comes to the world of collectables, the B's are on the top of the list: Brunello, Barolo and Burgundy and Bordeaux (not...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Pecorino cheese in Tuscany
We really love the delicious cheeses made from sheep’s milk here in Tuscany. Any cheese made from sheep’s milk is called pecorino, coming...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Jan 2, 2020
- 4 min
How to choose good olive oil?
I recently received an email from one of you telling me that she had run out of our Olivoglio extra virgin olive oil and asking me which...
Rebecca Gouttenoire
- Dec 29, 2019
- 2 min
3 Italian Wine Legends
Italian wine can seem pretty complex - so many wine regions and even more grapes - but in the midst of this Italian chaos there are some...
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