Thursday, the 23rd.  This is "I LOVE LUCY" Day!

                     The Lucy's  leaving for the wineries!!

The photos and video will say it all, but we started the day with breakfast of course, then a new driver (Mario-who did not speak a word of English) UGH!! Then the Lucy's went out to Fattoria di Palazzo vecchio "Feste della Vendemmia" for grape stomping, riding in the back of the grape wagon, with the minstrels, followed by 2 black labs, one white mutt, and all the workers in the vineyard playing the guitar and the accordion
Our hostess, Maria Luisa Sbernadori, her helper Frederika and a pot load of staff, to get us ready for the stomp and the ride.

After we stomped and rode around the vineyard it was time for the foot wash.  Let me tell you, those grapes were cold and we had hot water buckets and towels!!!  HEAVEN!!!!

After a tour of the winery, LUNCH!! OMG- this one was the best. The building was an orphanage, an agriculture school and now the dining room to the winery.  It was all done is bricks and stones, stone floors that replaced the dirt, ceilings were raised and doorways heightened.
You will see by the photos just how charming this area was.

Maria Luisa is the daughter of the vintner and she has built a modern wine buying shop that overlooking the valley of Montepulciano.  She wanted the countryside to be the photos and did she ever pick a great spot.  
Marco is the artist who does the special labels for the wine bottles and we had a chance to meet him.

This whole morning was a fairy tale come true!! 
If you are going to stomp grapes it might as well be in Italy!!!

THE WINERY FROM AFAR

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