Reflection is what this year has given plenty of time for.
On ourselves, our fellow planetarians.
Memories of a different past, hopes for a normal future.
Our faces are covered and our senses have sharpened.
Colours seem brighter but do we see more clearly?
The carpet was pulled from under feet. When shall we stand up again?
Altogether a surreal yet very existential year.
29 Mid-Covid philosophic photos from a wine tour operator (depending 100% on tourism and temporarily put out of business).
Do you have a favourite photo?
Forgive yourself for what you didn't know.
Radda in Chianti, Sangiovese vineyard.
It never hurts to keep looking for the sunshine.
View from Castagneto Carducci (Bolgheri).
No road is long with good company.
Viale dei Ciipressi, Bolgheri.
When one door closes another opens. Or you can open the door, that's how doors work.
Grape Tours office, Florence.
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.
Monferrato, Piemonte.
I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.
Monteriggioni, Siena.
I think we dream so we don't have to be apart for so long. If we're in each other's dreams we can be together all the time.
Chianti Classico, Tuscany.
I always get to where I'm going by walking away from where I've been.
Roero, Piemonte.
You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going because you might not get there.
Florence, Tuscany.
Rivers know this. There is no hurry. We shall get there someday.
Rhone Valley
If I'm not back in 5 minutes, just wait longer.
Castello di Brolio, Tuscany.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.
Montefalco, Umbria.
Don't screw it up! (screw down)
Tuscany in a Bottle (www.tuscanyinabottle.com)
We all come in different shapes and sizes.
Barolo, Piemonte.
Stones in the road? Save every single one and build a castle.
Barolo, Piemonte.
Watching the sunset is illuminating.
Barolo, Piemonte.
Poetry on ice.
Barolo, Piemonte.
Of course size matters. No one wants a small glass of wine.
Chianti Classico, Tuscany.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Valpolicella, Verona.
Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Chianti Classico, Tuscany.
When life gives you grapes, make wine.
Custoza, Veneto.
What we think, we become.
Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Provence
Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.
Badia a Passignano, Tuscany.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Dario Cecchini, Panzano in Chianti.
To live again will be an awfully big adventure.
Panzano in Chianti, Tuscany.
Aspire to inspire before we expire.
Chianti Classico, Tuscany.
Everything you can imagine is real.
Radda in Chianti, Tuscany.
Die with memories, not dreams.
Bordighera, Liguria.