Off to Chianti! Home of delicious wine, and also as it
turns out a famous butcher shop in Greve!
The butcher shop was actually really neat... they have
wild boar (as you can see below, they have a stuffed one to greet people as they walk in), all sorts of ham and beef, and cheese!
They gave us a tasting which actually had some really good salami and prosciutto... probably the best I've had the entire month I've been here. The guy that did our tour was really enthusiastic and
knowledgeable about the history of the butcher shop (which is hundreds of years old... this butcher shop is older than the Declaration of Independence!).
After the tasting we had free time to wander in Greve, then we went to an organic winery close by.
The owner was awesome... I really enjoyed listening to him talk about his wine. They live a pretty rustic style life; by his own admission he likes to 'live like a peasant'. Which I can
totally get on board with.
We tasted so much wine that at the end of it all I was a little
loose-y goose-y. I bought a few bottles and am fervently hoping TSA will let them pass unscathed through security!
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