First, cantina is the Italian word for winery, which requires a mental adjustment for those of us used to seeing and hearing Spanish. Torre a Cona is a winery that we can see from the road to our home, and we decided last Sunday to support local viticulture by going over for a tasting.
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| One of the Torre a Cona vinyards |
"Torre" is Italian for "tower," and the tower here is all that remains from a twelfth century castle. The rest of the castle, like many others in the area including the grounds of our place, was leveled in one of the many wars between Italian city-states in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A huge villa was erected around the tower in the late eighteenth century by a nobleman who must have been blind to the architectural clash he created.
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| ...and an olive grove, of course |
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| (left) Facade of 18th century villa. (right) The old entrance from when transportation was by horse |
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| (left) Wine shop above, cellar below. (right) Everyone here has a persimmon tree. |
Our discerning palates;-) proclaimed the wine to be quite good, and we purchased two bottles.
Che bella campagna e cantina. I hear Stella's there this weekend, fantastico!
ReplyDeleteYes, we picked up Stella on Sunday afternoon, went to Siena yesterday (Monday) and took her to the train this morning. Look for a new blog post about it soon!
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving from Encinitas. We finally found time together to log on to your blog. Enjoying you pictures and commentary. We enjoyed Thanksgiving in Julian the fall foliage and a pleasant 80 degrees. We ate guilt free at the Julian Cafe and came home with left overs. Our son hiked us to the summit of Vulcan Mt and yes us old ones made it to view Catalina, San Clemente and Coronado islands.Debera and Tim
ReplyDeleteCiao Debera and Tim!! Looking forward to seeing you this spring!
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