Lying about 60 km. south of Siena, the town overlooks two of the most beautiful valleys in Tuscany: the Val di Chiana and the Val d’Orcia. It’s dotted with locales where you can have a taste of its famous nectar “Vino nobile di Montepulciano”. A noble wine for a noble place.Montepulciano had an important role during the Middle Ages. Florence and Siena waged war against each other for control of the town, and in the 15th century it reached political stability under Florence’s influence, eventually becoming a bishopric.At this point the local noble families busied themselves with improving their magnificent palaces, as was the trend in Florence at the time. Notably it was the birthplace of the humanist scholar Poliziano who became tutor to Lorenzo the Magnificent’s sons.