Wine Reviews

    It’s brooding, it’s tight, it needs to be decanted for 90 minutes plus….but what emerges on the other side is an absolutely gorgeous, richly crafted Brunello.  That such excellence can be achieved on the scale that Castello Banfi manages…

Founded in 1970 by Santi Mantengoli,  the La Rasina estate was not unlike many neighboring properties dotting the rolling hills of Montalcino.  The principal direction of the farm were staple crops like grains, cereals and wine that was consumed by the…

~ Enrico & Elisa Scavino ~ It’s one word, Monvigliero.  To know it, is to know elegance and absolute feminine grace. This is not to say that there’s no power here; for like the cutlass in modern warfare, this wine…

      ….Welcome to the New Year!    I’ve loved Summus for a long time and I’ve enjoyed so many of them that I’ve come to realize that I appreciate the wine more when it’s got considerable age on it. …

 ~ Castello Poggio Alle Mura ~   Recently I’ve been tasting through some wines from the much ballyhooed 2010 vintage.  Many producers I’ve spoken to have praised 2010 as the best vintage of the decade. Almost everything went right…