Cinque Terre

[ ching-kwee ter-ey; Italian cheeng-kwe ter-re ]

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noun

a group of five coastal villages Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.

My buddies and I took a train up to Cinque Terre, which is a beautiful part of Italy in wine country.

I hiked the Cinque Terre with Dan, and have gotten dozens of early reads from him.

The wines are those delle cinque terre, and in some of the cellars you will find them dating back sixty years or more.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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