For decades the Cerulli family has owned a small farm in the picturesque hill country of Abruzzo.  Although the family always made wine for local sale and their own consumption,  farming and sheep herding were the  means of survival.   Eventually the…

~ The Caparzo Estate is among the larger estates in Montalcino ~ The Caparzo estate has long been a mainstay in the Montalcinese countryside.  A sprawling estate of over 180 hectares, almost half of which are under vine, Caparzo is…

~ Iconic Tuscan Road on the way to Felsina ~ They can’t always be good.  That’s the rule we wine lovers sometimes get bitten by when cellaring and developing young wines into mature bottles of art.  With a glorious pork…

~ Barriques in the Cellars of Tenuta Renieri ~ I recently wrote an article detailing the traditional methods that Michele Braganti employs in crafting his Chianti Classico.  Time honored techniques create amazing wines at one far end of the spectrum. …