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AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF TUSCANY

Raymond Lamothe What, a blog on tourism? No, not really. This blog is more of a meeting point to provide you with the information you normally don’t get from your tra...

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WILD ASPARAGUS

If you happen to be driving along the back roads of Tuscany (or Italy, in general) and you see people bent over in funny positions scrutinizing the gr...

Beautiful Grapes

GRAPE HARVESTING IN THE CHIANTI CLASSICO

I think a lot of people have a romantic idea of what picking grapes is all about. Basically, it is just a lot of back-breaking work and rather monoton...

Pizza

WHO WANTS PIZZA?

I think that pizza is one of those particular categories of food that fits comfortably between a serious meal and street food. What is interesting is...

CASAMONTI WINES

ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WINES

I have received a few emails asking me opinions on wines and on which are my favorites and what I look for in a wine. What strikes me is that people g...

OIL BOTTLES

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

Italy is one of the major producers of olive oils, but it is rather easy to get lost in the complicated distinctions and meanings of the denominations...

Cinta che mangia

EATING AND DRINKING IN ITALY

The different regions of Italy offer an incredible variety of dishes. Italy was once a series of city-states that later developed into regions with th...

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