Villa La Ripa - Wine tasting...

Yesterday Nick and I, together with twelve other friends returned to Villa La Ripa, the vineyard located at Antria on the outskirts of Arezzo to spend a morning wine tasting. Our host Saverio Luzzi and his assistant Silvia were as welcoming as always and delighted us with yet more wonderful stories about the Villa and how it came to be, as well as answering all our questions about wine making and the fermentation process.

Here are a few pictures of the magnificent Villa which is home to Saverio, his wife and his daughter as well as his two new German Shepherd puppies Sherlock and Margo.

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Each room reveals something to delight, whether it be a statue, the stump of a sixty year old vine or a beautiful fresco.

It is hard not to be overwhelmed by the sheer scale and beauty of the Villa and for me the wine tasting is just an added bonus. Villa La Ripa produces between 6000 - 7000 bottles of wine per year, three of which are red and one rose. They are called Psyco, Tiratari, Peconio and the rose, Spaziolibero. My personal favourite being the Peconio.

You can read more about Villa La Ripa and its delicious wines in my book 'Back to Tuscany and the Barn' which is available at Amazon in both paperback and digital formats.

Ciao Catherine xx