Two 2007 Tuscans Re-Visited
By now, my readers realize that when I recommend a wine, I typically am not doing it solely for their benefit, but for my own as well. If I say stock up, or back up the truck, you can be…
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By now, my readers realize that when I recommend a wine, I typically am not doing it solely for their benefit, but for my own as well. If I say stock up, or back up the truck, you can be…
Continue reading The Road Leading to Tolaini. The rock at right is carved with a “Y” – the Ancient Etruscan symbol for T Joining me today are family proprietor Lia Tolaini and winemaker Diego Bonato of Tolaini. Lia, Diego, thank…
Continue readingTime for another SideTrip. We don’t ignore great wine regions here at TuscanVines, we embrace them. Especially when they have roots that run deep with Italian families that immigrated from Italy. Sonoma, and to a lesser extent Napa, are filled with…
Continue readingOver the last 20 years or so, the number of Brunello producers has grown by the hundreds. Producers that used to sell their grapes are now bottling their own wine while others have been encouraged to export their wine where…
Continue reading Gianfranco Soldera lost 5 years worth of Brunello today. Details are still unfolding. Legendary producer Gianfranco Soldera had his Montalcino estate attacked by vandals last night. As first reported by the Italian Wine News the vandals opened the…
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