Florence and the snow

 Florence with the snow three days ago, almost 10 cm in a couple of hours!

so Saturday after a nice walk with zar in the vineyards and olive trees 

I decided to go downtown from my house in the Chianti countryside

walking by Pitti Palace

watching strange cars on the road

crossing Ponte Vecchio (the old Bridge)

entering in a Pinocchio store nearby

looking at the Lion, the symbol of Florence and the statue in the Loggia in Piazza della Signoria

and finally arriving in piazza del Duomo after the sunset

to see the Brunelleschi's Dome, the Giotto's Tower and the Cathedral....

with the snow

The Black Rooster and the Chianti Classico Wine

The Black Rooster is the symbol of the Chianti Classico, one of the most famous region of Tuscany, producing a very good wine called Chianti Classico.... down below the picture of the symbol

Ops....

I meant this other picture:

good night!

angela

the Black Rooster

Chianti Classico Wine

tuscany: olives harvest in chianti region, tuscany

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

TUSCANY: TUSCAN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

TUSCANY : Tuscan Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Tuscany

In Tuscany, November is the season of the olives harvest and it takes almost 2 months;

a net under the olive tree and the harvest begins! 

Olive grove in a Chianti vineyard

of course in Tuscany the olives harvest is all by hand or by means of combs or a kind of whisk that shakes the olives and they fall down to the net.

Picking the olives in a sunny day in the Chianti region, Tuscany

at the olive oil mill there is a machine that takes off the leaves and a tape that carries the olives to the "shower"  a washing machine that washes the olives with clean water

Olives waiting to be pressed

Olive Oil Mill in Tuscany

After the shower the olive mill  grinds the olives and the stones altogether to obtain the olive pasta  then a sort of kneading-through separates the liquids and the solid parts  and a centrifugal machine completes the process to get the best extra virgin olive oil!

An old man proud of his gold treasure

Cheer!

    

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Olive Oil Tour