This is the Untold Italy Travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 213.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes,

history, culture, wine, gelato, and, of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Ciao everyone. I hope you're well and sipping on a lovely glass of Italian wine or thinking about when

you can do that later in the day or week or even year. I'm recording this episode in February,

but by the time it goes live, I'll be back in Italy exploring Rome and Venice this time

with a side trip to Berlin for a travel conference. I'm really in a quandary about what to pack

because it will be super cold in Berlin, close to freezing in fact, but in Rome it's quite mild.

So I guess it's layers for me and a cozy hat and coat and gloves. I really need to be on top of

the luggage allowances this time as I'm flying within Europe and in those

cases you're really restricted to budget airlines with very strict luggage policies. So

be aware if you're flying within Europe to make sure what is included and more importantly

not included so you don't get caught out. That's my tip for the day. Okay, back to the wine because that's much more interesting,

don't you think? And today, our favourite wine experts, Olivia and Andrea, from Italian

Wine Tales, are back to share the insight into the beautiful wine region around the town of Montalcino.

Right in the heart of Tuscany's Valdorca, this is an incredibly picturesque area of the world

that has been rightly recognised by UNESCO as a world heritage area.

And it is home to some of Italy's best loved wine, including Brunello di Montalcino.

This is the area that we explore on our Tuscany Wine and Wellness Tour,

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