Today is the day that the ladies are picked up by the very gracious Pino Teresi and his son Marco to wander through the hills of Montepulciano, Montalcino, Val D’Orcia and Pienza, for adventures in wine and spirit.  The rain will not stop them.  I have encouraged them to find food and drink that they love with a passion that burns through all systems of weather, internal, external and otherwise.