Winery Steps, Castello della Sala

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Andrew Barrow

6 Feb

A day late with this Sunday Snapshot post; but I have an excuse – I have spent the last week in Italy. It seems an age ago now, but in reality it was just over a week that our party rolled up at the Castello della Sala winery in Orvieto. Its new and gleaming, all shiny stainless steel, designer lights and clean, crisp lines. But its a working winery not a batchelor pad. We had a single bottle tasting here but, I expect not the best the estate produces. It was the shadows from this metal stair that attracted my eye. It seems to me to be better in black and white…

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Jeanne @ CookSister! says:

06/02/2012 at 3:35 pm

Yeah, yeah, rub it in… a week in Italy… ) Great shot – clearly some cash has been invested in the winery )

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