Crotone, Gateway to Calabria

Docked yesterday morning in Crotone in the agricultural area of Calabria. In the Italian boot, we are just about at the ball of the foot. The area is very rural, with olive orchards and vineyards everywhere. With the hot dry climate and proximity to salty ocean winds they produce some exceptional wines and they claim to produce the best pecorino style cheese in Italy

Which we had the opportunity to sample both today on a visit to a 400 year old family run winery and farm not to far away from the port. The Ceraudo Winery is a beautiful venue (€4000 facility rental fee for weddings!) and we had a very informative tour and some excellent wine tasting.

All in all a nice easy day after sweating it out in Malta’s heat yesterday.

Back on board by early afternoon, a nice lunch at the poolside grill and we called it a day. Need to get ready for a tourist touring extravaganza tomorrow in Durres, Albania.

Which includes a visit to another winery and another wine tasting event.

Hmmmmmm, might be a pattern forming here . . .

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