It's all about the wine

One of my favorite wines in the States is Banfi Centine.  When I found out that we could visit the Banfi vineyards and do tastings, a stop there was added as a "must" for the trip.  We found the castello and managed to beat a tour bus into the tasting room.  There, we met a fun couple from D.C. and chatted with them about our travel adventures.  They weren't so lucky with their rental car, a Fiat Panda (I think).  This is us and them, Jen and Brad. 

 

Banfi vines.

 

 

Next stop was Montepulciano, AKA, "Is this hill seriously that steep?" Great views from the top, though.

 

One of the clock towers has this great bell ringer.  We ate lunch underneath the tower, so we had an earful when it rang.