Tonight's event is a wine tasting and tour hosted by Luigi, the hotel owner (different Luigi than the guide). We sample 2 whites and 2 reds. Everyone loves the last red - La Marze. The parmegian cheese was also quite good - though not quite as good as the sample in the Florence market. In addition to explaining differences in the wines, he also walks us through the process in which its made and explains how the additional labor and materials required to make the better wine result in its higher price (for example, the oak barrels can only be used 3 times and the wine in the barrels needs to be mixed and placed back in the barrels several times during the aging).
Dinner is very similar to the night before - though this time not as impressive as we now know what to expect. The antipasta and desert buffets remain the highlights.
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