Ep 473: The Recap of a Trip to the Fabulous Wine Regions of Tuscany

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This show is a recap of a the recent trip through Tuscany that my travel partner, Tourissimo, and I organized for a group of 19 Patrons (join Patreon so you can make the next one!). We go through the major DOCGs/DOCs we visited and I share some interesting things I learned and observed. A great one for armchair travel!

Here are the DOCGs we explored:

Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Chianti Classico
Brunello di Montalcino
Morellino di Scansano

And the DOCs Maremma and Bolgheri

My big takeaway from the trip: I am more optimistic than ever about Tuscan wines, which just keep getting better and better. If you don’t have experience with these wines, I would recommend checking them out (especially if you like Italian food since what grows together, goes together!).

Chianti Classico, view from Castello Brolio, Ricasoli 1141.
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A few shout outs!

To Heather, Beppe, and Silvia from Tourissimo, for being the best partners ever!
To Wine Access for hooking us up with some great visits to Castello Romitorio and San Filippo

3. Hotel della Fortezza and Fidalma -- go see them in Sorano for a great stay and a great meal!

Full show notes and all trip details are on Patreon. Become a member today! www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery
0:12.6	that goes with it.
0:14.1	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People Book, and certified
0:20.1	wine dork.
0:21.1	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.2	This podcast is sponsored by Wine Access.
0:26.6	They have fantastic Italian wines at Wine Access.
0:29.2	You need to check it out today.
0:30.4	Go to wineaccess.com slash WFMP to see the things that I'm drinking and wineaccess.com
0:37.9	slash normal to join my wine club.
0:41.1	The shipment this time was a lot of the wines that we're going to be mentioning in this
0:44.8	show.
0:45.8	So get on it today.
0:46.8	Now let's get to the show.
0:49.2	I am finally back from Italy.
0:51.0	What a trip.
0:52.0	Well, let me just give a shout out to the 18 patrons that came on this trip because we
0:58.8	are such a solid group.
1:00.4	We had so much fun.
1:02.0	It's just always no drama, great time.
1:05.4	Everybody's independent, but also likes to get together.
1:07.9	I love that at the end of the trip, so 14 out of 18.
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