"Pliny recalls how refined and jubilant Roman emperors appreciated the "bubbly wines of the goddess Augusta" and celebrated rituals and festivities with them."

SNAPSHOT

Shrubs, thick and low, as far as the eye could see. The trail seemed to never end. One last slight slope remained before the most beautiful cove imaginable. There, in a patch between land and sea, our beloved kiosk and that late summer lunch. Seafood and catch of the day. And the excellent company of a glass of Ribolla Gialla.