Got up this am and drove to the winery for a tour and some tasting. The roads are very narrow and winding.up and down the hillsides. But it was worth the harrowing drive for the view of the landscape alone.
It is so picturesque with the high rolling hills and valleys covered in rows and rows of vineyards. The larger wineries are usually perched atop the hills and look very stately.
This particular winery is named after the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzanno, who was the first one to sail up the mouth of the Hudson River in NYC. He got a bridge named after him and Hudson, who sailed in some 70 yrs after, got the river....Giovanna got jipped.....not that it matters...he was canabalized in the Carribbean a few years after anyway so....whatever.
Anyways...we started with a tour of the inside followed by the grounds. They have a "free wild boar breeding area", much like you would see at the zoo where the wild boars run free in the "habitat" We didn't see any of them but apparently there are tons there???
Back inside, they started off the tasting with a Chardonnay, then a Chianti Classico, the Chianti Classico Reserve and then another expensive and everso tasty bottle of something, the name of which escapes me. :) Then came the dessert wine and the espresso. Oh ya, they fed us too!!! Antipasti, pasta, cheese and bunch of other stuff....biscotti with the coffee....all in all a yummy experience!!!
