"Holy wine." A wine, usually sweet and famously smooth, made on farms throughout Tuscany from Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes which are half dried. It is kept in barrels for some years and then bottled. It is often served with cantucci, which are dipped into it. There are dry versions. Traditionally the very best versions are made by hanging the best grapes and allowing them to dry in the air. This concentrates the sugars and intensifies the flavour. These are usually sealed for a number of years in barrels before bottling. Despite the name, this wine has no particular religious connotation, except that a certain Cardinal was said to have utter the words "vin santo" when he first drank it.
The chocolate banded snail, sometimes called the noodle snail. It lives in gardens, hedges, and dunes, where it feeds on vegetation. The snail got its scientific name because the rings on its shell resemble vermicelli (a type of pasta). It is also sometimes called the "noodle snail." These snails commonly have about five brown rings on their cream-coloured shells. The snails are 17 to 21 millimeters high and 20 to 25 millimeters wide.
Lean, tender slices from the fillet of a goat are air-dried and matured for several months into a salumi, until they develop a deep red colour. It is served in paper-thin slices, sometimes dressed with oil, lemon and parsley. Treated in the same way as bresaola.
