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~ The Mediterranean Sea near Castagneto Carducci, home to Tenuta Campo al Mare ~ Like many reputable Italian wine making families, the Folonari’s are no stranger to the renaissance that has occurred on the western coast of Tuscany. Since the…
Continue readingLast month I was fortunate to cover the annual Vias Portfolio tasting in New York. I was permitted to arrive 30 minutes earlier than the general public and was able to visit with several producers before it got crowded. Overall, …
Continue readingFounded in 2002, the Arcanum estate is the sister property to Tenuta di Arceno and sits in the Commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga. Tracing its roots to the Etruscan era, the estate now encompasses approximately 200 acres of vines which are…
Continue reading~ Fattoria Le Pupille ~ Certain producers are iconic within their region. Whether it be Biondi Santi, Felsina or many others, when it comes to Maremma, Fattoria Le Pupille must be part of the discussion. Fattoria Le Pupille began its…
Continue reading~ Piazza della Erbe in Verona ~ “I make wines with a soul, that are true to nature, to the terroir of our land, of Veneto.” – C. Scrinzi A little over three years ago I was lucky enough to…
Continue reading~ Vigneti on the Sette Ponti Estate ~ Sette Ponti – named for the number of bridges one crosses on the road leading to the estate – produces two significant red wines, Oreno and Crognolo. The latter, named in…
Continue readingIt’s been little over a week since we introduced you to Montebernardi, but we can hardly contain our excitement for these wines. Today, we give you installment number two. Since 2004, Montebernardi has been farming biodynamically and organically because they…
Continue readingWhen 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…
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