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Vino Sfuso - Get your empty wine bottles filled with vino rosso or vino bianco for less then €2. Just bring your bottles to the shop at the base of Poppiano castle and fill them with great table wine for a really cheap price.]]> photo Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:26:29 -0400 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=355 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=355
Picture of the village or borgo of Poppiano taken from the top of the Torre Grande of Poppiano Castle. You can take one day bicycle tours of this region starting at the castle with [url=http://www.tuscany-biketours.com/]Tuscany Bike Tours[/url]]]> photo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:24:53 -0400 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=353 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=353
Picture of the typical landscape of the Colli Fiorentini region of Chianti in Tuscany.]]> photo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:21:09 -0400 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=351 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=351
Poppiano Castle picture, view from the big tower (torre grande) toward the smaller tower. Here we see the typical Colli Fiorentini countryside, with its cypress-lined lanes and rolling hills. Poppiano Castle was one of the fortresses that offered front line protection for Florence. Unlike many of similar castles and estates, Poppiano was never broken up and sold in recent times; it is still owned by Count Guicciardini, who oversees the wine and olive oil production that takes place inside Poppiano Castle.]]> photo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:19:47 -0400 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=349 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=349
Picture of the chestnut and oak barrels containing Vin Santo in the [i]Torre Grande[/i] of Poppiano Castle in the Chianti region of Tuscany.]]> photo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:16:03 -0400 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=346 http://wandererseye.com/pictures/main.php?g2_itemId=346
Poppiano Castle and an approaching spring storm. The torre grande, or big tower, is on the left in the picture. The following photos were taken either from the top of the tower or from inside the tower, which is entirely devoted to the production and aging of Vin Santo, a dessert wine made from mat-dried Malvasia grapes. The Poppiano Castle style is a drier style, made in the traditional way. The current vintage that you can buy in the castle in 2008 is 1999.]]> photo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:12:46 -0400