{"id":187,"date":"2008-09-19T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T21:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2025-09-11T04:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:43:59","slug":"san-luciano-winery-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/19\/san-luciano-winery-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"San Luciano winery tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6814 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/italt2008-9.png 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Just outside <strong>Monte San Savino<\/strong>, and near our villa Pia Modere, lies the <strong>San Luciano Winery<\/strong>, an artisanal vineyard with 63 hectares of grapes, including Trebbiano, malvasia, grechetto, sangiovese, canaiolo, and montepulciano varieties. We were greeted by <strong>Proprietor Stefano Ziantoni<\/strong> who graciously explained his processes and helped us sample the wines, which are lovely. .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you go (and you should), the winery is in the hills of Monte San Savino near Arezzo, from the E78 exit at Montegnano towards Alberoro. After a rainy day of touring, we visited the <strong>Belvedere Ristorante<\/strong>, recommended by Stefano. Proprietor Massimo Rossi is one of the finest somaliers in the region. 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