My business partner Jeff just sent along some photos of the recent trip to Tuscany and beyond.
Obligatory. Jeff's wife is named Elisa. Porta Elisa is one of the gates at the walls of Lucca
Jeff's shot of the yawning tower. Interesting sidenote: the masses of people lounging on the lawn were soon expelled by a guard. That didn't seem very Italian at all
This is a cantina. It doesn't matter where. It's a cantina
Jeff tasting at the cantina sans name. In Veneto
Exterior of the Salumeria Giusti -- the "award-winning" (premiata) Salumeria Giusti. It's been there for four centuries
Interior of said salumeria. The very air was intoxicating with complex aromas
Jeff with young Matteo Morandi, who runs both the salumeria and the Hosteria Giusti, the restaurant that thrilled the sensorium
The sublime cotechino fritto with zabaione. You have to taste to believe. And it paired beautifully with the metodo classico Lambruscos we drank with lunch
Strappo and our host, whose name will not appear until we have inked a deal. But to him we say again, "Grazie per un'esperienza indimenticabile."
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