With Jeanette's help, we loaded our luggages to our rental car. Wow, it already filled up most of the truck! There was hardly any room for Mimi to view the back road. We knew right then that we would need to hire a driver to drive Alice and Fei to Rome airport on our return day.
Mimi drove us from Cortona to Montepulciano in the morning. Montepulciano is a captivating town. It is renowned for its medieval and Renaissance architecture, exquisite wines, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.
We have a scheduled wine tasting and lunch at Talosa.
Talosa was one of the first wineries in Montepulciano to undertake the quest for fine quality Italian winemaking. The Talosa Cellar dates back to the 16th century and visiting them is like stepping back time. The brick passageways contain a series of vaults where the barrels are placed. Visitors to this magical place automatically assume an air of respect or even reverence for the force of history pulsating these walls. The winery applies this same respect and reverence to cultivation of the vineyards and production of the quality wines. We tased 3 kinds of wines and had pasta for lunch.
On our way back to the parking lot, we ran into many issues of finding the correct parking lot. Finally, a lady in a near by wine store helped us out by driving her own car to find our parking place and our rental car.
Later, we checked into Relais Ortaglia B&B. Relais Ortaglia was once a seventeenth century farmhouse. The now completely restored Tuscan villa faces the stunning village of Montepulciano, greeting Ortaglia’s guests each morning with a sunrise that captures the glow of the village’s garnet red rooftops.
For dinner, Helen booked dinner for us at OSMOSI - a Michelin Restaurant. The cuisine is mainly experimental, with a focus on imaginative dishes of the highest quality. We enjoyed the food very much.
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