On Thursday, June 2nd we had a GSE trip to San Gimignano and Chianti to go Wine Tasting. San Gimignano is a cute little town in Tuscany (just like all the other cute little towns I’ve been to haha). The town is known for their ‘skyscrapers,’ which are basically these towers spread out across the town. Don’t be fooled though, they’re only like 20 ft tall. Other than that, there’s not really much else to say about San Gimignano except for the fact that they are supposedly known for having the best gelato in the world. So I tried it of course, and tried their famous saffron gelato with pine nuts. I must say, it was very interesting and delish! But the winner for me was still the gelato I had in Siena.
After we left San Gimignano, we headed for Castello Verrazzano, this winery/castle in the Chianti region. It’s supposedly the oldest winery in the world, very cool. They had a huge vineyard and a bunch of olive trees. I never really drank wine before I came to Italy, but now I definitely have more appreciation for it. Maybe I can drink some with my dad when he has his wine nights (usually game nights haha) So we had lunch and our wine tasting sesh. We got to try 5 different wine (one for every course) and got to learn the differences between each wine. For the antipasti(appetizer), we had cold cuts, proscuitto, salami..etc along with vino rosso. For the primo(first course-pasta), we had penne al pomodoro along with Chianti classico. For secondo(2nd course-meat), we had some kind of meat.. I forgot, along with another wine that I also forgot. haha, my b. For dessert, we had a biscotti called cantucci/cantuccini along with vino santo. I do not like vino santo at all. I’d rather dip my biscotti in another kind of wine. After the meal, we were served grappa, or acqua diavola (devil’s water) which had 43% alcohol or some ridiculous number like that. The smell was overpowering and I just took a sip and called it a day. It was way too strong for me. Too bad we didn’t get to try any white wine because I like white wines better. Overall, great experience and soo much good food and wine!
