They all offer many of the wines found at traditional auction houses, including first-growth Bordeaux, grand cru Burgundy and great Super Tuscans.

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They weren't necessarily the showiest wines Barolos and Barbarescos or Super Tuscans (though such wines from the right producers can go well with food, too).

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The Tuscan countryside has a rich cultural and artistic heritage, crisscrossed with vineyards producing delicious Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and super Tuscans, and anchored by classic vistas of olive and cypress trees framing red-tiled church roofs, all within easy reach of Florence and Rome.

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