In October, Tuscany hums with the harvest, its vineyard-clad hillsides a patchwork of red and gold. Quiet villages suddenly come to life as families roll up their sleeves for la raccolta (the olive harvest) and la vendemmia (the grape harvest), and they’re eager to celebrate the hard work and success of the season. “It’s a timeless, heartwarming scene and it’s fun to be a part of it,” says Tom. We’ll join in—picking olives, hunting truffles, foraging for porcini mushrooms—then savor the bounty with wild boar ragu, heaping plates of truffle pasta, spicy green olive oil, and plentiful pours of Brunello and Chianti Classico.
