A visit to Montepulciano

One day we hired a driver and a guide and drove to the town of Montepulciano, the highest and biggest of the hill towns. We went to see the medieval town and sample Vino Nobile.
Our driver Francesco had a very comfortable 5 passenger Mercedes van.


Visit to a small family winery,Tana Gatta.


Janet our guide, a native Australian who has lived in Tuscany for 26 years and knows a lot about local wine.





Views from the winery












Next we went inside the ancient town walls and visited visited the town square, Piazza Grande. This is where we saw
Pallazo Communale.


Inside the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta we saw the 15th century painting of Madonna and child by di Pietro.


After visiting another winery situated in an Etruscan cave deep under the town we had a delightful lunch of antipasti and pasta Bolognese.












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