Honestly, Montepulciano is so beautiful it’s like being in a movie set. This morning there are No Parking signs and red tape strung up outside our apartment. The tape continues up the hill, past Cantina del Redi (our local wine cave) to the Piazza Grande where large white trucks are unloading film equipment next to the fountain.
We decide today would be an excellent day to climb up onto the roof of the Pallazo Comunale and watch the ‘scenery’. The view from the roof is stunning on this clear morning. The vineyards stretch away to Siena, about 20km away. Over to the east, there is still plenty of snow on the mountains.
Below us an unintelligible scene is being filmed; the local bus pulls up, people get off, two policemen walk across the square, a man rides past on a bike. There are some instructions over a loudspeaker and then they do it all again. It’s definitely not ‘Full Moon’ – that was filmed here a while ago. Some of the shops are capitalising on the exposure with souvenirs – Robert Pattinson calendars and long red capes mainly. Montepulciano, your moment in the spotlight has arrived!
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