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When you think of the great winemaking areas of Tuscany, the narrow strip of land near the tiny hamlet of Riparbella would probably not cross your mind. However, it’s here, in this “backroad of Tuscany” that the Val di Cecina…
Continue reading~ Tenuta di Arceno ~ Tenuta di Arceno is the lone representative Italian winery in the larger Kendall Jackson Wine Family Portfolio. But as with many things Old World, it’s roots go way beyond Jackson’s acquisition in 1994. The first…
Continue reading~ The modern, cold and antiseptic winery ~ “PoderNuovo is a precise choice of how to live. A piece of cultivated Italian land, where men and women try to live in a sustainable way, aware of the fact that it…
Continue reading~ Orvieto sits high atop a mountainous plateau – the Duomo dominates the landscape ~ Tenuta Argillae sits in the Umbrian hills north west of the town of Orvieto and stretches for over 260 hectares. Overall, the estate is a…
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~ Tenuta San Leonardo ~ Tenuta San Leonardo sits high atop the plains of Trentino Alto Adige, in northeast Italy where the Dolomites begin their rise as part of the Alps mountain range. The unique evolution of modern day San…
Continue reading~ The Sapaio barrel stamps bear the year of the winery’s inception: 1999 ~ “Our wine is us, and in wine we express our multifaceted nature, our knowledge and our thinking. Behind a great wine there is the great work…
Continue reading~ The Gorgeous Vines of Podere Sapaio ~ Passion. Precision. Harmony with nature and leaving the land better than he found it. This is owner and winegrower Massimo Piccin’s goal, in fact, his obligation. Today, we’re looking a little deeper…
Continue reading~ Poggio Alle Mura ~ It’s hard to imagine an estate and winemaker on a bigger roll right now than Castello Banfi and Rudy Buratti. Over the last few years, I’ve tasted all of Castello Banfi’s releases and several wines…
Continue reading~ Gates of Verona lead to Piazza Bra ~ Hail to the King! King Creso to be precise. Creso, Italian for Croesus, is named after the ancient King Croesus of Lydia. It is said that the first gold coins in…
Continue reading~ Castello Poggio Alle Mura is home to Banfi ~ With Honors…. It’s what every graduate aspires to. It’s the pursuit of excellence. It’s the sense that you are privileged to attain a level of regard. At Castello Banfi, it’s…
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