So Much for Liver Rest

Gentle reader, in the last account, you read Neil innocently suggest that we go a full day without wine, to allow a bit of the jaundice to clear and liver enzymes to recuperate. Just so you know the truth, that idea lasted until about 7 pm that evening, when we realized that we had already eaten, and that we had just spent 30 minutes watching Deal or No Deal Italian-version, and we were bored in Tuscany, so what the heck!.....

So did we go visit the Etruscan museum, listed as the third-best site of Etruscan treasures and funeral urns, oh so full of musty history? Heck no. We went across the street to La Vena di Vino, for wine-tasting with cute Lucio. For 12 euros, Neil and I split 5 generous tasting glasses of Tuscan wines (mostly Sangiovese, but a few blends), including a heavenly “Super Tuscan” over a plate of local sharp Pecorino and Parmegiano cheeses. Then, just to seem friendly, we bought 2 more glasses to sip to complete our early evening. Apparently the place gets HOPPING, based on the posted photos of many a Tuscan wine + karaoke + guitar playing party that we saw, and the ceiling was strewn with bras. Unfortunately, we were there much earlier than party-hours, so we didn’t get to break out in karaoke this visit, but maybe next time.
-Suzanne