A Day in the Vineyards

We had a bit of a time warp during the morning because none of us can remember what we did! It's only been a day and a half as I write this blog, but we just can't seem to piece together what we did....oh well, I'm sure we enjoyed it and it involved food. :-)

We headed out early for our wine tasting tour at Fattoria del Colle winery so that we wouldn't be late if we got lost. We are getting much better because we only took a couple wrong turns and corrected ourselves immediately! The winery is down a dirt road that reminds me of the roads we take when we go camping. It's definitely not a winery that you would accidentally find on a leisurely drive.


This winery is very unique in that it is run entirely by women. That is quite a feat in Italy as the woman has not been seen as someone who can or should 'work', other than the traditional work of keeping the home and family in order. The wine tasting was enjoyable and we learned a bit more about red wine...we will never learn enough!


We stopped in the little town of Trequanda to find a Marcellaria to pick up some meat to grill tonight. The beef looked so red and fresh. We weren't sure what cut we were buying, but it looked so good that we didn't think we could go wrong. We decided to get a couple pork loin chops too so that we would have some variety. We grilled our meat with some veggies up on our terrace and enjoyed a lovely evening. We ended the night with a good game of Wizard and Limoncello.