Venice barely grew a grape. Yet for four centuries it was the wine capital of Europe — because the city that floats on water understood that the real fortune was in the shipping. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified No city on
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Before it made a wine fit for popes, Montepulciano made its fortune in wool — and before that, in Etruscan stone. A walk up its main street is a walk through three thousand years. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified Perched on
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Dante put it in Hell’s antechamber, a pope reputedly died chasing it, and modern Italy chose it to go first. In a land of legendary reds, the oldest star is a white. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified Rising from the Tuscan