……..its red wines: “Nobile di Montepulciano” and “Rosso di Montepulciano”.
The Etruscans were making wine here before Rome had even been founded.
Much later, in 1669, England’s William III sent a delegation to Montepulciano in order to procure this splendid wine.

Nearby:
PIENZA, the town conceived by Pope Pius II built on top of the medieval castle of Corsignano.
Pienza has been designated as part of the world-wide heritage of humanity by UNESCO.
It’s famous even for “pecorino”, a cheese made from
sheep’s milk.
You can try it when is young and in a soft, practically spreadable state, as well as when it’s “stagionato”, or aged.

CRETE SENESI, extend along the lath’s of the rivers Arbia, Ombrone and Asso, in an area which stretches from Siena to Montepulciano.
The countryside is characterised by the almost non-existence of trees, undulating bare hills with whitish outcrops and rugged slopes, solitary houses on the crests of hills with lonely clumps of juniper and cypress trees.