Wednesday, Exploring Greve in Chianti
We left the Castello di Verrazzano and drove into the town of Greve in Chianti.
Ducks and a cat
We found a place to park on a side street and walked a couple of blocks to the main square, the Piazza Matteotti Giacomo. Along the way we crossed a bridge over a stream.
See that little gray and white clumpon the right of the stream near the wall?
It is the cat you can see in a photo below.
Some ducks along the stream.
The cat I mentioned above.
As we made our way to the Piazza Matteotti Giacomo we stopped at the Bottega del Chianti Classico where we bought some little pourers (€5.90) that you can put in the top of the wine bottles to reduce the amount of dripping when you pour the wine.
The Antica Macelleria Falorni
The Antica Macelleria Falorni is one of Italy's most famous butcher shops, established in 1700.
This is the main reason we stopped here. The Antica Macelleria Falorni,a butcher shop.
Below are some photos taken inside the macelleria.
Wild boar prosciutto with the hide still attached. I'll take mine without the hair, please.
A couple of butchers.
Some butcher's implements.
They had cheese in the 13th century cellar.
Piazza Matteotti Giacomo in Greve in Chianti
A stuffed wild boar
The rebuilt church of Santa Croce, which houses some beautiful paintings of the school of Fra Angelico
A statue of Giovanni da Verrazzano.
Le Cantine
When we were taking the cooking classes, Giulietta told us about a place in Greve where you can taste up to 100 different wines.
Her agriturismo, Fagiolari, is located in the Chianti region in the town of Panzano, not too far away from Greve.
The place she was talking about is Le Cantine
and we checked it out.
Here are a few photos of objects in the museum portion of Le Cantine.
The museum is located in the same building with the store.
This statue is located between the museum and the store.
This is one of many stations in the store. You buy a card and go around to the machines tasting what you want until the money on your card runs out. You can reload the card if you want. We did not do any tasting here.
You can also taste local olive oil
Sites around Greve in Chianti
In the year 1924, the Consorzio per la difesa del vino tipico del Chianti, was formed and took the black rooster (or "Gallo Nero") as its symbol. Since 2005 the black rooster is the emblem of the Chianti Classico producers association; from that year all Chianti Classico wines have that symbol on the neck of the bottle indicating that the wine is produced in the Classico area and according to the Chianti Classico rules.
This sculpture was back near where we parked the car.
This strange sculpture is in a round-about near where we parked the car.
This tower was also located near where we parked the car.
Next, we drove to Florence. Our hotel was located in the heart of the city, and at this point I was most grateful that I had reserved the GPS!
