Just picture Tuscany's rolling hills aflame with changing leaves. This is also when many vineyards begin harvesting their grapes: Can anyone say, harvest festival? This is Tuscany's low season ...

Livia Hengel is a travel journalist covering Italy, Asia and beyond ... And my roots are in the Sangiovese grapes I planted on my family’s farm in Tuscany back in 2004,” he explains.

Workers pick Ansonica grapes from Italy's Giglio Island ... Situated off the coast of Tuscany, between mainland Italy and Corsica in the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is easy to see why Piccin loves it ...