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    • Vuelta a España por Vaso 2015
      • Stage 1: Puerto Banús to Marbella (Team Time Trial)
      • Stage 2: Alhaurín de la Torre to Caminito del Rey
      • Stage 3: Mijas to Málaga
      • Stage 4: Estepona to Vejer de la Frontera
      • Stage 5: Rota to Alcalá de Guadaíra
      • Stage 6: Córdoba to Cazorla
      • Stage 7: Jódar to La Alpujarra
      • Stage 8: Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia
      • Stage 9: Torrevieja to Cumbre del Sol
      • Stage 10: Valencia to Castellón
      • Stage 11: Andorra La Vella to Cortais d’Encamp
      • Stage 12: Escaldes-Engordany to Lleida
      • Stage 13: Calatayud to Tarazona
      • Stage 14: Vitoria-Gasteiz to Alto Campoo-Fuente del Chivo
      • Stage 15: Comillas to Sotres. Cabrales
      • Stage 16: Luarca to Ermita del Alba-Quirós
      • Stage 17: Burgos (Individual Time Trial)
      • Stage 18: Roa to Riaza
      • Stage 19: Medina del Campo to Ávila
      • Stage 20: San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla
      • Stage 21: Alcalá de Henares to Madrid
    • Tour de France by the Glass 2015
      • Stage 1: Le Grand Départ – Individual Time Trial (Utrecht, Netherlands)
      • Stage 2: Utrecht to Zelande
      • Stage 3: Antwerp to Mur de Huy
      • Stage 4: Seraing to Cambrai
      • Stage 5: Arras to Amiens
      • Stage 6: Abbeville to Le Havre
      • Stage 7: Livarot to Fougères The Heart of Normandy
      • Stages 8 and 9
      • Stage 10: Tarbes to La Pierre-St. Martin
      • Stage 11: Pau to Cauterets/Vallée de Saint Savin Peril in the Pyrénées!
      • Stage 12: Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille
      • Stage 13: Muret to Rodez
      • Stage 16: Bourg-de-Péages to Gap
      • Stage 17: Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup
      • Stage 18: Gap to Saint Jean-de-Maurienne
      • Stage 19: Saint Jean de Maurienne to La Toussuire – Les Sybelles
      • Stage 20: Modane-Valfréjus to Alpe d’Huez
      • Stage 21: The Peloton Reaches Paris
    • Tour de France by the Glass 2016
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The Yellow Jersey Meets the Red Wall of Bordeaux: Welcome to the Final Week of #TourdeFrance2021!

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 theswirlingdervish

Two Days In: A Feel-Good Story and Fans Acting Badly. Welcome to #TourdeFrance 2021!

May 29, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021: Concluding with a Time Trial and a Glass of Franciacorta DOCG

May 27, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 19: A Day for the GC Battle in the Alto Piemonte Villages of Gattinara, Ghemme and Lessona

May 26, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 18: A Rare Break from the Mountains, Gliding through Lugana DOC

May 25, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 17: Scaling the Dolomites and Sipping Wines from the Schiava Grape

May 23, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 16: Bundle Up, Ski Slopes Ahead! And a Sip of Grappa to Warm Your Bones

May 22, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 15: Borderland Biking between Friuli and Slovenia

May 19, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 12: Egan Bernal is the Man to Beat as the Peloton Rides through Chianti

May 18, 2021 theswirlingdervish

#Giro2021 Stage 11: We’re Headed to Montalcino!

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Glad to speak with my dad for a few minutes today. Ours has always been a complicated relationship but I think that’s the nature of most father-daughter situations, right? I’ll choose to hold onto the good moments as I try to release the painful ones. As a wise friend once told me, “Life is hard, people are complicated. Do your best.” Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I’m doing my best.
For #roséday I’m remembering a delicious wine I tasted at @terre_margaritelli in Torgiano, Italy last week. We sipped this lovely brut rosé sparkler made from Sangiovese grapes via the Martinotti method. She’s called Thadea, after the secret daughter of Emperor Charles V and a Peruvian noblewoman. Lots of cherry fruit on the nose along with floral notes. The palate is fresh and dry, with high acid and cherry-berry flavors. Did I mention we sipped this in the vineyards at sunset? More to come on the other wines we tasted, and background on the property, which is committed to organic farming. Cheers everyone!
Quiet Friday evening in NYC . . .
A few beauties from the Museo del Vino in Torgiano @museilungarotti_ a magnificent collection of artwork, glassware, and wine implements curated and managed by Maria Grazia Marchetti Lungarotti, who also chairs the @vinotorgiano Consorzio! There are pieces by Della Robbia and Jean Cocteau, not to mention gorgeous glassware from the island of Murano. There was so much to take in - I could’ve spent all day there!
Our visit to @tenute_baldo in Torgiano started in the vineyards with fresh cherries and a glass of rosé sparkling wine (expertly sabered by Selima!) We strolled through the vines then regrouped at the restaurant for a guided tasting and delicious hors d’ouevres. Positive energy exudes from every part of this place: the people, the vineyards, the wines. More detail on all of it soon. (Can you tell I really loved this place?) 😊🍷🥂

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