Barberino Val d'Elsa, Italy

The little town of Barberino Val d'Elsa (373m/1,224ft; population 3,500) is some 20km/12.5mi west on the old Roman Via Cassia. Though outside the Chianti Classico district proper, it is surrounded by vine-covered slopes. Barberino remains encircled too by the walls which served to protect this small Florentine town during the conflict with Siena