I LOVE TUSCANY | 6 DAYS
4 DAY – Cortona
Today we will drive to the charming hilltop town of Cortona, a former Etruscan settlement and another pearl of art and architecture. This small town was once a center of Renaissance art, and the painter Luca Signorelli was born and worked here. For years it has attracted artists from all over the world who took inspiration from this lovely setting. Once the book “Under the Tuscan Sun” came out (and later, the film), American tourists started coming to see for themselves where the story took place. And yet, Cortona has retained its authentic center and is nicely far from the tour buses and mass tourism.
Today we will drive to the charming hilltop town of Cortona, a former Etruscan settlement and another pearl of art and architecture. This small town was once a center of Renaissance art, and the painter Luca Signorelli was born and worked here. For years it has attracted artists from all over the world who took inspiration from this lovely setting. Once the book “Under the Tuscan Sun” came out (and later, the film), American tourists started coming to see for themselves where the story took place. And yet, Cortona has retained its authentic center and is nicely far from the tour buses and mass tourism.
13:00 Lunch with a glass of wine at a restaurant high in Cortona with a nice view.
16:00 After lunch we will return to Montalcino for a visit of a Brunello winery. You will be taken through the whole process of wine-making, starting with the vineyard, collecting the grapes, primary processing, fermentation, and vinification up through the final aging and packaging. And of course, you get to taste! You will be offered 2 different vintages of Brunello di Montalcino, a younger Rosso di Montalcino, and some blends. You can address your questions directly to the wine-maker himself.
