Earlier this month TuscanVines descended upon Napa and Sonoma to tour, taste and interview winemakers.  As has been said, man cannot live on bread alone, so from time to time we indulge in SideTrips® that take us to new and different…

The Bacci family owns three separate estates in Tuscany:  Castello di Bossi, Renieri, and Terre di Talamo.   The latter is located in the Tuscan Maremma and produces reds from the newly minted (2007) DOCG area, Morellino di Scansano.  Morellino is…

Sunday was devoted to the all American cook out of ribs, burgers, Cabernet and Zinfandel.  Yesterday was an homage to our Italian heritage.  To start, I had some Branzi cheese.  This is a cow’s milk cheese from Piemonte. Very hard,…

The more I tasted through and enjoyed the 2009 Rossos from Montalcino, the more I realized how uniformly great the vintage was going to be.  As I interviewed and emailed with various winemakers, the more I kept hearing “wait and see…

  On April 30th, I had the pleasure of attending the Banville & Jones Portfolio tasting in Manhattan.  Banville is a small importer of select wines and the tasting was nothing short of amazing.  Many of the wineries were represented…