….I wish there were some sort of amazing punchline, but alas…    Hosted a large family barbecue this weekend and the food was as varied as the company and the wines.  The first mentionable was the eggplant involtini stuffed with…

La Rasina is a tiny little in the Northeast corner of the Brunello zone.  They’re fully organic and self sustaining and were one of the first estates to gain the certification.   It’s been about a year since I last checked…

          The estate of Poggio Antico has been owned for decades by the Gloder family but, since 1987, by Paola Gloder Montefiori and her husband Alberto. Carlo Ferrini is the winemaker. The Estate Brunello is combination…

After the startling successes of pioneering wines like Sassicaia, Ornellaia, and Masseto, the spotlight shone brightly on the Bolgheri region of Tuscany.   It had been clear for years that the Bolgheri area on the Mediterranean coast of Tuscany,  while generally too…