Wine + Italy = Great Vacation

When you are on your Italian Vacation you will find out the importance of wine in this country. The oldest vineyards in the world can be found out here. Therefore, obviously the best of wines come from out here. You will be quite surprised to find out that almost 20% of all the wine produced is from Italy. When you are on your Italian Vacation you will notice that almost every Italian drinks wine with every meal. The reason being grapes are grown in abundance out here and therefore the village vineyards produce wine in real large quantities. At last count there were about a million vineyards in Italy.

When you are on your Italian Vacation you must visit these vineyards. There are several vineyard tours that are conducted. Most of these tours are in the Tuscany region. This is the place wherein you will be able to witness firsthand how these wines are made using traditional methods of winemaking. The tour will take you through the most charming of Italian vineyards and countryside. You will pass quaint little houses and the most beautiful hills and the valleys nestled within. It is almost as though there is the smell of wine permeating all around you. This will certainly make your vacation a memorable one. You can buy souvenirs of wine bottles to take back home or they can even arrange for it to be shipped back home. This is one wine tasting that you will not forget.