Gas Pump Winery

July 28

I had been so looking forward to this.  For years Will has been talking about his time in Sicily when he would just get fresh wine from a gas pump, no kidding.  Well today was the day.  Our friend Chuck piled us into his wife's minivan and off we went.  The drive was less than thirty minutes away into the mountains that we can see from our back porch. 

This in-tact Italian Aquaduct just happened to be on our way there. 

One day we will stop to read that plaque.

And sheep grazing in the countryside...

The grand finale, the winery, Cantina di Solopaca.  You can taste and shop there.  Here, have a taste.

I'll take what he's serving :)

On our way home we stopped at "the demijohn store" (a lady who sells stuff on the side of the road).  Demijohn's are what the italians used to put fresh wine in.  Some are handblown, some are machine-made, most are unique and pretty.  Americans collect them because they aren't as widely used as they used to be, which makes them antique to us.  Here is a picture of our first one.  Notice above that Will is putting our fresh wine into a smaller glass vessel, it has a plastic basket around it for effect and is more practical.   

All this talk abour fresh wine is making me crave a glass.  Can't wait for you to join me!