Montepulciano is another mountain town known for its wine and grape named the same. It is a medieval and Renaissance hill town in the province of Siena, region of Tuscany. It has a population of only 14,000 people. The montepulciano grape is well-known worldwide. It produces one of Italy’s best wines.
This is a town of small streets and stairs like all of Italy’s hill towns. You can find many enoteca to taste its great wines.The word enoteca means wine repository.It is a type of wine store that originated in Italy. You can buy wines but also taste them. Some even have small plates of food.
Wonderful small streets
Enoteca
Inside enoteca at a tasting
Unfinished church (no facade) in piazza
Lunch outside at a small trattoria
Ancient gate in original wall
Small street
Stairs
Some of that famous wine
Famous Tuscan crostini
Like all the small hill towns we have visited, Montepulciano is wonderful and very romantic. There are several parking lots outside the town that are numbered. Get lost and ask the way to your parking area number. Montepulciano is very near to Siena, our next stop.
George & Jo Anne
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