tuscany

Join us for an 18-minute travel talk with Pat on today's episode of the Women Traveling Solo Together podcast!

If you’re a person who’s into art or a fan of the medieval period then you might want to consider adding Tuscany in your bucket list!

Pat, a WTT tour leader, shares her experience leading a trip to Tuscany. She has traveled 3 times with WTT and multiple times on her own in Tuscany. For her, Tuscany is a place that, once you’ve been there, you want to continue going back!

Returning to a place you’ve been before to reminisce and relish your past experience but in a different way is truly a wonderful feeling for any wanderlust.

Pat also talked about the importance of having the right size for a group when traveling. And what drew her to Tuscany aside from the marvelous food and drinks in the city.

It’s not just the destination that creates the experience, different trip leaders have different things they’re interested in and the rest of the participants in the group also contribute to that experience as well. Various events and people help create a unique experience even if you go back and do something very similar to what you've done before it’ll still be different.

Discover and be mesmerized by Tuscany’s classic and timeless beauty with WTT!

Key Takeaways:

• Pat’s favorite things in Tuscany.
• Pro tips for exploring when in Tuscany.
• The right size/number of the group matters.
• What to bring and pack up when you go to Tuscany.

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In our next episode, Robin shares how her husband reacted to her traveling solo - and it led to more creative travel for them together.

In this episode, Allen Suss discusses travelling to Tuscany with Ines Fabris of Tours of Tuscany.

Ines was born and raised in Melbourne of Italian parents. In 2007, Ines decided to take a study tour of Tuscany and in 2008 Tours of Tuscany was born.

In 2012 my daughter Monique joined as Marketing Manager and together they share the beauty of the region with travellers from many corners of the globe, comprising, New Zealand, USA, Canada and UK.

From small beginnings in 2008 Tours of Tuscany has become a well-known brand for unique boutique tours of the region.

Join us for an 18-minute travel talk with Pat on today's episode of the Women Traveling Solo Together podcast!

If you’re a person who’s into art or a fan of the medieval period then you might want to consider adding Tuscany in your bucket list!

Pat, a WTT tour leader, shares her experience leading a trip to Tuscany. She has traveled 3 times with WTT and multiple times on her own in Tuscany. For her, Tuscany is a place that, once you’ve been there, you want to continue going back!

Returning to a place you’ve been before to reminisce and relish your past experience but in a different way is truly a wonderful feeling for any wanderlust.

Pat also talked about the importance of having the right size for a group when traveling. And what drew her to Tuscany aside from the marvelous food and drinks in the city.

It’s not just the destination that creates the experience, different trip leaders have different things they’re interested in and the rest of the participants in the group also contribute to that experience as well. Various events and people help create a unique experience even if you go back and do something very similar to what you've done before it’ll still be different.

Discover and be mesmerized by Tuscany’s classic and timeless beauty with WTT!

Key Takeaways:

• Pat’s favorite things in Tuscany.
• Pro tips for exploring when in Tuscany.
• The right size/number of the group matters.
• What to bring and pack up when you go to Tuscany.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Women-Traveling.com

Women Traveling Together on Facebook

Email: wttmail@women-traveling.com

Share your story!

If you have solo travel stories you'd like to share, or topics you'd like to hear more about, email us at wttmail@WomenTraveling.com  

Leave a Review:

Did you like this episode? Please leave an honest review with your feedback! Also, please subscribe to get notified when a new episode gets released. I appreciate your listening to this week’s show. And tune in next week for more conversations with trip leaders and travellers.

Coming Next Time:

You'll hear about some of the fears or hesitations of our first-time travelers.

Enrico Pozzesi is the owner of Fattoria Rodano, the winery located within Castellina in Chianti, in Tuscany, Italy.

Enrico discusses his wines and vineyard property in this episode, as well as the varying conditions that were presented by different vintages. He also discusses his friendship with an advisor to his winery, Giulio Gambelli. Gambelli in the years since his death has become a legendary figure, known for his incredible wine tasting ability and for the wines he helped create at many properties, including Rodano, Case Basse, Montevertine, and Bibbiano. Though mostly unheralded during his own lifetime, Gambelli is now considered one of the most important figures in the history of Tuscan wine. Enrico recalls many details from Gambelli's life and work in this interview.

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It's another story of murder from hundreds of years ago!  This is our first visit to Italy, and coincidentally, our first foray into medieval Italian politics!!  We're talking about the Pazzi conspiracy and the murder of an important nobleman from one of the most powerful families in Italy at the time.  He was killed in a church during mass, and a whole mass of people were killed in his wake as retribution, should be fun!

Lodovico Antinori is a partner in Tenuta di Biserno, in the Maremma area of Tuscany, and was the founder of Ornellaia in Bolgheri. He is also a partner in Tenuta Campo di Sasso.

Lodovico is open and frank in his assessment of his career, discussing his family's position within Tuscan wine, his own important trip to California, and the rise of Super Tuscan wines like Ornellaia. He describes founding Ornellaia with the help of Andre Tchelistcheff, the later influence of Michel Rolland, and the rise to fame of Ornellaia and Masseto. He then discusses what led him to sell Ornellaia to the Robert Mondavi company, and his current projects in the Maremma of Tuscany, in Italy.

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Victor Hazan wrote the book "Italian Wine", which was published in 1982. He also co-wrote several Italian cookbooks with his wife, the late Marcella Hazan.

Victor Hazan speaks about his lifelong search for authentic Italian ingredients and expressions, an ethusiasm he shared with his wife of many years, Marcella Hazan. Victor details the start of his wine writing career, and confesses why he left off writing his second book on Italian wine. He also provides portraits of some of the key vintners he met along his travels, such as Antonio Mastroberardino and Renato Ratti.

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On today' episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we kick off with Sabra Lewis, a sommelier who studied dance and moved to the big city with her sights set on Broadway. After some time bussing tables and spilling drinks, Lewis preformed as part of the legendary Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. There were roles in Phantom of the Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as well, but it was during break on a trip to Italy, that table wine and good food changed her high kicking course. Popping bottles at such restaurants like Gunter Seeger, Shuko, The NoMad Hotel and Rouge Tomate, Lewis' Christmas Spectacular is now more about Champagne, than a chorus line.

We’re sipping, chatting and exploring Sangiovese this week. The versatility, the styles, the characteristics are all on the table (or in the glass) along with savvy input from last week’s guest, a true Tuscan. Massimo helps us elaborate on the many facets of Sangiovese and its wines. But wait, there’s more! The #W25Challenge is heating up, we have shoutouts to some awesome somms, and we talk about wine in a tube. Join us for some wine edu-tainment and some tips for expanding your palate!

Massimo Coppetti, Italian sommelier and faculty member of Florence University of the Arts (FUA), schools us on wine as a lifestyle and eloquently expresses how wine is considered sexy. By the way, what cheese pairs great with a good Lambrusco? Where can you find the Negrette grape? Why would we drink a wine that’s considered “rancio?” Booze-infused cupcakes? This and much more in this week’s packed – and dare we say, “sexy?” – episode! Pour a glass, listen, learn, and laugh along with us! Cheers ~

Andrea Boscu Bianchi Bandinelli is the proprietor, with his brother, of Villa di Geggiano in the Chianti Classico zone of Tuscany, Italy.

Also in this episode, Erin Scala charts the changes in the makeup of Chianti wine over time.

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