At only 750 hectares, the Chianti Rufina is the smallest appellation in Chianti. Lying just North East of the city of Florence, the present area of Chianti Rufina was originally delimited by Cosimo de Medici. Today, we’re spotlighting what is…
Continue reading“My guiding principal here at Terralsole is that great wine is made in the fields, not in the cantina.” ……Mario Bollag Terralsole, literally the “land toward the sun,” was established in 1996 and is the inspiration of veteran winemaker Mario…
Continue readingAlmost a month ago now I introduced you to Montebernardi, the lovely estate in Panzano in Chianti; today we continue with the third installment of our focus. As I wrote previously, since 2004 winemaker Michael Schmelzer has been farming his…
Continue reading~ Riomaggiore anchors Cinque Terre along the Ligurian coast ~ For me, nothing evokes images of summer more than Pesto alla Genovese and a crisp, steely white from Tuscany. Over the past few weeks we’ve been tasting a variety of…
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“The land is my choice of life, as making wine has always been my profession” Fattoria Le Pupille began its renaissance in 1985 when proprietor Elisabetta Geppetti began revitalizing the property and the vineyards around the town of Pereta…
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