Like water for wine

Updated - March 06, 2015 at 12:04 PM.

Sommelier Magandeep Singh and Tuscany are but old friends. When they meet, wine flows freely and the weather gods smile. Here’s a photo log of their tryst last month.

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7.00am: The morning run, and a bird’s-eye view of Florence ▲

7.30am: A time shaft... Peeking into an 18th-century courtyard ▲

8.00am: Sometimes, all you need is a sandwich ▲

9.45am: Modernity meets tradition in medieval Montepulciano ▲

10.00am: Tasting time. All in a day’s work ▲

10.25am: Lining up bottles, marking out favourites ▲

11.10am: Tasting notes... it’s not all fun and drinks, after all ▲

11.30am: No milk bottle caddy. Not! ▲

12.30pm: Nothing understands you like a good pizza ▲

1.45pm: Dondoli, the award-winning ice cream man and his eponymous parlour ▲

4.00pm: A tile with the vintage quality rating of wine in Montalcino — 2014 got 3/5 stars ▲

6.10pm: Back to Florence. A beautiful pause at Piazzale Michelangelo, across the Arno river ▲

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