07/01/11
See Vineyards in Italy on a Vespa

My husband, Dave, and I had just arrived in Collio, a sleepy wine region in northeastern Italy defined by crisp white wines that are among the country’s best. Hugging the border with Slovenia, Collio has a curious culture that leans more Mitteleuropa than Mediterranean, but the ideal way to taste the terroir-rich whites produced in these bucolic hills is still unmistakably Italian: cruising between rural vineyards on the iconic vehicle of Italian daydreams, the Vespa.
-Ingrid K. Williams

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