Pisa and Florence

I apologize for the complete lack of updating! I’m going to play catch up now that I’m DONE! So I’ll start where I left off. We had our first test the Saturday morning after our first full week here, then had the rest of the weekend to ourselves. We decided to take a trip to Pisa …

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I Love Cab Sav

Okay so I lied. Yesterday was actually the best day ever. I woke up excited for the day ahead, as we had our second sensory lab wine tasting, a free wine tasting in the piazza, and a special wine dinner open to anyone that was offered at a restaurant in town. Thursday’s sensory lab focused …

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Playing Catch Up

Ciao! Sorry it’s been a while, wifi is horrible and we’ve been pretty busy. Monday was our first introduction to sensory evaluation of wine! We had our usual lectures in the morning followed by a lunch break, then came back in the afternoon to learn about the multitude of aromas that can be experienced through …

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Pizza, Beer, French Fries, Bruschetta and Wine

Our second day of class was short and sweet, two lectures in the morning then we were done for the day and weekend by 11 am. We went down to town for lunch, where I split a sandwich with a friend, grabbed some fruit from a little fruit stand, and finally got some gelato. After walking …

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