Saturday, April 12, 2008

Etna and Gambino Winery

The other day we had a super clear and warm day so we decided to head up and show Leah Etna. The drive up was gorgeous and full of a wide array of spring flowers blooming. When we got to the top it was VERY windy and chilly so we shopped at the local shops and then headed out to check out some of the close craters. It was so wind that even behind my monstrous sunglasses my eyes were still watering!

Afer our hike we headed back down the other side of Etna and had a nice wine tasting at the Gambino Winery. We tasted five differnet wines...three whites and two red. Gambino grows their grapes in a specific region of Etna that the government has labeled DOC. I especially liked the Murgalione red. The winery has a beautiful garden that we ran around and played in before heading home. (The flowers used to spell Jack's name had ALREADY fallen to the ground...we DID NOT pick them in order to take this picture.)



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