Wine tasting amidst the Olives.

Between the olive trees, under the shade of the vine canopy we start the slow day with Fernando explaining his wines and how they are made here in Chianti. The backdrop of Montefioralle provides the perfect setting.

Cat, Troy and Daniela learnt how each wine varies from year-to-year; more so for the smaller vineyards as smaller volumes of grapes prove more susceptible to climatic variation. The larger vineyards blend more grapes in the wine making process leading to a more homogenized product - great if you want a standardized product on the supermarket shelf, but less so for those interested in the variations between vintages. For wine-lovers small really is beautiful.