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Travel,Wine & Cuisine
Live Life to The Fullest in Tuscany! October 2 to 9, 2010
Abbondanza Toscana
Selva Estate, Lucca, Italy

Join Christopher & Darcy Davies, the Editors/Co-Founders of Wine Country
International ® magazine for an enchanted week of Travel, Wine & Cuisine in Tuscany. If you are a culinary tourist, like we are, or just want to check
off a dream Tuscan vacation from your “bucket list”, you will appreciate
this trips distinctive, educational and relaxing itinerary. Our home base
will be at Abbondanza Toscana and the Selva Estate in the lush hills of
Lucca.

To view a gallery of Christopher’s photography, visit www.daviesphotos.com

Surprise Finds from The Finger Lakes
By Christopher J. Davies
Wine Country International® magazine

New York’s largest wine region, The Finger Lakes Wine AVA lies just 6 hours Northwest from Long Island. The wine growing conditions are in most cases more difficult, where vintners face a colder and wetter climate.

If Long Island can be best compared to Bordeaux, The Finger Lakes should be compared to Rheingau region of Germany. And just as the Rheingau has been respected for producing noble Rieslings, The Finger Lakes has cut its teeth making Riesling its signature grape.

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