As I’ve written many times previously, the 2006 vintage in Tuscany was spectacular and the Brunello from Montalcino enjoyed particular success.  It also seemed, that given the great vintage weather, many producers began bottling single vineyard wines in addition to…

I’ve written about the anticipated greatness of the 2009 vintage in Tuscany before so it shouldn’t have come to a surprise to me when the subject of today’s post was so delicious, but somehow it still caught me off guard. With…

We had an impromptu guest® last night, and since I had just decanted the recent release of a wine I wanted to try with dinner, I quickly popped another cork on a value wine I haven’t had in years.  The 2010…

In the past I’ve written about Italian digestivi, and even about the apperitivo Campari, and although the subject of this article isn’t what many would consider a classic apperitivo, it is a classic cocktail, ubiquitous in bars from Roma to Venice,  London…