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traveling to italy
On 12 May 2004 12:59:21 -0700, (winemonger)
wrote:
>I'm off to Italy for 12 days of wine, wine, wine with my partner in
>crime. We'll be driving from Turin to Naples, no set itinerary, so
>let me have it with the recommendations! What I am especially
>interested in are wines that I wouldn't be able to find/buy here in
>the U.S. Much more interesting. But any and all tips are greatly
>appreciated.
>(any restaurant or charming hotel recommendations are also welcome)
I have a lot of suggestions, but let's first narrow it down a bit.
I must say that is not easy to visit vineyards in Italy, not like
France. You need appointments, and they are hard to get. However in
the cities you can taste Italy's best wines. So one alternative is to
do a city trip, this will avoid you having to drive anywhere. And you
will see some interesting sites between tastings... in that case, I
will give you a plan based on combining city visits with wine. A
breakneck speed 12 day city trip could include Turin, either
Bergamo-Bologna or Venice, Florence, Siena, Orvieto, Rome, Naples. If
this is what you are looking for, I will send you a possible city
route.
The other route is to stick to the country, go to small towns and be
close to the vineyards. Maybe you have already seen the top sites in
Italy, and the country route is appealing. In that case, you would
need a car and I could recommend an itinerary, something like Barolo,
Alto Adige, Friuli, Toscana, Campania.
Let me know.
Mike
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail
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