Poggio Alle Mura Brunello
~ The Castle Poggio Alle Mura ~ I stood in the vineyard. I smelled the air, the vines; I reached down to let the dirt run through my hand and then allowed the residual dust to permeate the air around…
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~ The Castle Poggio Alle Mura ~ I stood in the vineyard. I smelled the air, the vines; I reached down to let the dirt run through my hand and then allowed the residual dust to permeate the air around…
Continue reading~ The Road to Felsina ~ “A nature favorable to man and agriculture. Wine that delights the heart.” I’m not sure I could be any more precise than that when discussing the Felsina Estate and their wines. Except for one…
Continue reading~ Podere il Carnasciale in Valdarano, Tuscany ~ In the province of Arezzo, in the Valdarno, about 60 kilometers south of Florence, sits the tiny, unique estate of Podere il Carnasciale. Founded by Wolf Rogosky in the early 1960s, it…
Continue reading~ The famed Abbey in Sant’Antimo from the vineyards of Tenuta Fanti ~ Compleanno Vini! Yes, we had reason to celebrate recently and crack the cellar door we did. The 2004 and 2006 vintages were simply among the greatest for…
Continue readingCastello di Ama is named for the tiny hamlet where it sits, perched high in the Tuscan hills midway between Gaiole and Radda. Since 1982, the husband and wife team of Marco Pallanti and Lorenza Sebasti have driven this property…
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