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Chianti wine: Villa Petriolo wine tasting in Tuscany

23 April, 2020

The grand finale for me of the Best of Wine Tourism Awards was our Chianti wine tasting at the Villa Petriolo, Cerreto Guidi, not far from Florence. I realise that “beautiful” is in no way a technical term to describe…

Great Wine Capitals Florence Best of Wine Tourism awards

16 April, 2020

The Great Wine Capitals Florence branch announced the 2011 winners of the Best of Wine Tourism in Chianti last week, and DolceVita participated in the event and the subsequent tour of the winning locations. The awards were announced at the…

Chianti wine: Fattoria Torre a Cona wine tasting in Tuscany

4 April, 2020

A Chianti wine tour will overwhelm you with its history, multiple examples of very good Chianti and beautiful landscapes, but not always in an area which is by now a guaranteed tourism success can you always find many examples of…

Weddings in Florence: Villa Le Piazzole accommodation and Tuscan wedding location

31 March, 2020

For a wedding location in Florence, Villa Le Piazzole is just outside the “city walls”, not far from the area of the Piazzale Michelangelo. It overlooks the surrounding hills of Tuscany and provides both Florence accommodation in a villa and…

Luxury Tuscan accommodation: Relais Borgo Scopeto and Letters to Juliet

20 March, 2020

Scenes from some of the movie Letters to Juliet were filmed at Relais Borgo Scopeto and it’s easy to see why - the four-star superior Tuscan villa stay provides a picture-perfect setting. But as the Best of Wine Tourism Florence…