My interest in Tuscany came from reading Under the Tuscan Sun, a few years before the movie came out. Wine is not the main attraction for me. I live near Napa Valley in CA, and do really enjoy the beauty and climate of the wine country. I think one of those walking vacations around Tuscany and Umbria would be fun, touring the Etruscan ruins in the Archaeological Park of Baratti and Populonia, staying in an old villa, enjoying the good food etc.