~ The Unique Man – Michele Braganti ~  (Photo Courtesy of Joanie Karapetian) I am the richer for having found Monteraponi’s wines.  At the risk of waxing poetic,  I hope that these pages have encouraged you, the reader, to…

The brother and sister team of Luca and Maurizia Rampolla are shepherding the proud Chianti Classico estate of Castello dei Rampolla back in time – but into the future!    Set among scrub forests, imposing trees, and meandering brooks,  the Castello…

~ Picturesque Tenimenti Alessandro in Cortona ~   In 1967, the d’Alessandro family relocated from Rome to Tuscany and purchased the Manzano farm near Cortona. At the time, the vineyards in and around Cortona produced grapes mostly destined to be…

~ Paolo di Marchi – The Master of Sangiovese ~  There’s gorgeous and then there’s drop dead gorgeous.  The gap between the two may not be imagined as a very large chasm, and although that might be true,  it takes a…