Open Wineries Day

Wineries - photo by LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
Italy
June 1, 2016 9:54am CST
Last Sunday, in our area, it has been a wine tasting day. The local wine producers opened their doors to promote their wines. With our friend, we have visited the closest to our home, just at five minutes walk. They had prepared, in the courtyard, long tables where there were the bottles of wine to taste, with cheese and bread to better appreciate the wine. It has been a nice occasion to taste two of their famous Merlot and a fruity light white wine that can be pleasant in summer. We had to cut short our visit, due to a sudden thunderstorm, but it has been a nice event. The photo shows the road leading to the wineries and the entrance to the right.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I love the look of your area. It is a wonderful combination of greenery and buildings, many with natural elements like stone. We have less and less greenery, since the water police are out in force due to our drought.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
1 Jun 16
It's green because we have rain, we sure do not have the drought problem. The stone buildings were built many years ago, some of them more than 600 years ago.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
2 Jun 16
@LadyDuck Which is why your country is so gorgeous. California is very dry and not very old. Anything "old" is torn down and replaced with something that is ugly and lacks charm.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace I am glad that the authorities have decided to keep the old mansions and farms. At most they re-do the whole interior to make the place more comfortable. If you look at my photo the stone house has modern windows with thermal glasses.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Nov 16
Reading your description almost makes me wish I drank!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
9 Nov 16
@AbbyGreenhill I can imagine very well.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Nov 16
@LadyDuck I haven't had a drink of anything since the mid-80's.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 Nov 16
@LadyDuck Right now I wish I could drink and smoke...I know there is smoke coming out of my ears!
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Wow, it's a beautiful place . Just look at those houses that seemed to be made of stones . That should be the houses here because we are always visited by typhoons .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
3 Jun 16
@LadyDuck Yes, i can see that . And they are what supposedly be the houses here in the Philippines , it being in the typhoon belt .
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
Those houses are in fact made of stones, they are very old, the main building is more than 200 years old.
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Anna M. Wilkes
@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
1 Jun 16
What a lovely photo Anna, just gorgeous. I bet you all had a lot of fun there.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
6 Jun 16
@EddieHands I see you are "Apprentice Wizard" now.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jun 16
It sounds like it was a pleasant event to share with your friend.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
1 Jun 16
Yes, we were lucky that it happened just at the right time while our friend was still with us.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jun 16
@LadyDuck I'm sure he enjoyed it as much as you did.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382115)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jun 16
How lovely that you were able to walk to the winery. Ours don't usually serve bread and cheese although that would be a really nice idea.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
8 Jun 16
@JudyEv This is something very strange here, in the restaurants they are not obliged to give you free water.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
9 Nov 16
That sounds fun. People go on bus trips around here to tour the wineries. There are so many around the New York area. That area you photographed is beautiful!
Ishani Tiwari
@Ishani08 (563)
• India
2 Jun 16
That sounds very interesting. You people must have had a nice time! And the picture you have posted is very beautiful.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
Thank you. We had a great time with our friend and many of our neighbors were also there.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
1 Jun 16
that looks so lovely .Similar to the one we say in other part of Italy
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
1 Jun 16
This part of Switzerland is very similar to Italy, this is why I like to live here.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
2 Jun 16
Your photograph reminds me of Germany.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
Switzerland, Austria and Germany are very similar.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238317)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jun 16
It looks beautiful there!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
It's a nice and quiet place, I like here.
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
3 Jun 16
That's a beautiful picture. Too bad it was cut short due to weather.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
3 Jun 16
Yes, we would have stayed a little more, but we thought better to go home before the rain.
Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Sounds like fun despite that.thunderstorm ;)
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
We were lucky to be close to home, just five minutes walk.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
nice place, my friend
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Jun 16
Thank you, it's a peaceful village.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
2 Jun 16
sounds great apart from the thunder
Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
2 Jun 16
How wonderful! They sound wonderful!
ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
2 Jun 16
There is such a peaceful look about the place you stay. I'm glad that while redoing the place you keep the old world charm intact. It reminded me of Landour a tiny hill station where we had gone for a holiday in North-West India. The author Ruskin Bond lives there.