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~ Nello Baricci ~ “TRADITION. HISTORY. EXPERIENCE. MONTALCINO. NELLO. MONTOSOLI. SANGIOVESE. FAMILY. FATIGUE. PASSION. BRUNELLO. EARTH. HANDS. WISDOM. CONSORTIUM. COURAGE. PATIENCE. GENERATIONS. CULTURE. PRECISION. RESPONSIBILITY. AWARENESS. RESPECT. LIFE.” I’m not really certain that the nature of winemaking, the experience that’s…
Continue reading~ Castello Poggio Alle Mura ~ Earlier this month I waxed poetic on the romance of having a wine cellar. I could easily repeat myself yet again, but that wouldn’t be articulate writing and it would bore you. So having…
Continue reading~ The late Franco Biondi Santi ~ It would be wrong to think of Brunello without thinking of Franco Biondi Santi. While his wines may surely spark some controversy, whether they are to your stylistic preference or not, I think…
Continue readingWhy do I have a wine cellar? People ask me this all the time. It has come up more times than I can recollect and yet I never get weary of answering the question. Wine lovers, wine geeks, wine aficionados,…
Continue reading“A great wine is made on the vine”………. Located in the southern most portion of the Brunello zone, the Agostina Pieri estate covers approximately 20 hectares, of which 11 are devoted to vines for making Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino. …
Continue reading~ Cypresses line the road to Poggio Antico ~ High atop the Montalcino hill sits the manicured estate of Poggio Antico. For decades, this pristine location has been overseen by the Gloder family and today, it is helmed by their…
Continue reading~ The Carpineto Estate in Montalcino ~ Everyone has a “Wine Epiphany”. Whether it’s the wine that moved you from sweet wines to dry, or from white to red, every serious wine drinker can likely point to a wine that…
Continue reading~ Donatella’s team working in the cellar ~ Prima Donna, first lady of the stage……. In 1998, after a contentious familial split, Donatella Cinelli Colombini left her family’s estate to start her own endeavour. As part of…
Continue reading~ Castello Banfi, Montalcino ~ In 1992, Castello Banfi planted the Poggio Alle Mura vineyard after over 10 years of Sangiovese clonal research that determined which clones where most properly suited to the vineyard based upon soil composition, elevation and…
Continue reading“My guiding principal here at Terralsole is that great wine is made in the fields, not in the cantina.” ……Mario Bollag Terralsole, literally the “land toward the sun,” was established in 1996 and is the inspiration of veteran winemaker Mario…
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