After devoting several episodes of our podcast to the great food of our amazing Tuscany, time to talk about its inseparable companion: the great wine of this land. More in particular we will explore everything there is to know about a very special wine that comes from one of the most charming wine towns in the entire region, the pearl of the Val d'Orcia, Montepulciano. The Vino Nobile is one of the highest quality wines around and was the first to achieve the coveted DOCG certification, the most difficult to obtain in Italy. Despite winemaking in this area has been around for at least three millennia, it took a long time before they were able to produce a wine able to conquer the world markets and bring great renown to this Mediaeval gem.

If you listen to the whole episode you will learn everything there is to know about this remarkable wine, the history behind the very curious name, the rules producers have to respect to bear it and much more. On top of that, we will give you some ideas for creative and interesting wine tours in the area and a truckload of travel tips on the many things to see in this charming little town perched on the gentle hills of this part of Tuscany. That's the beauty of this land: you come for the wine and you discover an incredible wealth of beautiful things.

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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://www.valdichianaliving.it/blog/il-vino-nobile-di-montepulciano
https://www.consorziovinonobile.it/la-storia/
https://www.consorziovinonobile.it/disciplinari/
https://www.viaggiandoatestaalta.it/cosa-vedere-a-montepulciano/
http://montepulciano.org/torre_pulcinella_it.html

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Prezzur - Midnight Moonlight
Pipe Choir - Followers (Instrumental)
Erio - Monolyth
Pipe Choir - Talk to Me (Instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Pick you Up (instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/prezzur-midnight-moonlight
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipechoir-followers-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/erio-monolith
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipechoir-talk-to-me-instrumentalwav
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/pick-you-up-slow-poprock-style-instrumental-creative-commons
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/