Bill has been calling me helicopter rich for months because of the tour I booked today: a chartered helicopter flight to and from a winery where we'll get lunch and a wine tasting. This is my anniversary gift to David and Karen, but if they had decided not to join, I would have just gone by myself.
This tour is supposed to be from Florence, but they were happy to have the reduced air time to pick us up from the villa. Originally, they even planned to land here, but the owners changed their minds. Fortunately, it's only a few minutes drive to a landing area they could use. It's been threatening to rain (just today, only today) but the storms are a bit closer to Florence by our flight time.
Once we arrive, we get a brief tour of the grounds before being taken to the center of rings of newly planted vines, where a covered area holds a large table just for us.
The wine tasting includes a brief lesson on how to properly hold a glass and taste wine, and several courses, including cheese, bread, cured meats, a soup made from stale bread, a lasagna coated in truffle oil, and a milk gelato covered with coffee and balsamic vinegar. And also wine. There is a lot.
As an anniversary gift, they also bring a bottle of Prosecco to the table to drink while we relax for the afternoon and wait for our chariot (a single engine Eurocopter AS350) to bring us back. I also got attacked by a rooster for trying to photograph an especially large chicken, but no harm was done to either of us.
Back at Nerbona, we have a vegan dinner and a lovely sunset.
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