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~ Tenuta Tignanello in Chianti Classico ~ Just about 20 miles south of Florence lies the 300 acres of  Antinori’s Tenuta Tignanello estate; a parcel of land that has given birth to wines that have been called “Milestones in Italian…

Lewis H. AbramsAnthony J. Piersanti, JrMark G. DanielsonMichael P. MurphyDanny DietzMatthew AxelsonTheodore MartinelliDominick CascianoAdolfo Casciano John B. FoderaAnthony J. Fodera Thank you all.  Thank you for willingly making the sacrifices you’ve made, so that many of us never have to….

This past weekend, TuscanVines was the featured guest at Total Tuscany.com for their weekly Podcast about all things Tuscany.    You can directly access the Webcast by clicking here:  TuscanVines Podcast: Episode 16  Please enjoy and I hope you continue looking forward…

~ The Entrance to the Ancient Strozzi Cantina ~ Tenute Guicciardini Strozzi is nestled against the rolling hills of San Gimignano.  Owned by the Strozzi family, the estate is now run by Principe and his daughters.   Interestingly, research the family…

Terrabianca….the “White Land”…..   First mention of this estate can be found in documents dated as early as 1085, but it wasn’t until the 20th century when roots took hold for what we now know as the Terrabianca estate.   …

In 1981, Swiss couple Brigitte and Bruno Widmer fell in love with Tuscany and what was the dilapidated Brancaia estate and its vineyards, located in picturesque Castellina.  It’s hard to imagine such fine vineyard land being abandoned, but the estate…

~ The Entrance to the Pian dell’Orino Estate ~   “Farming is only organic if it respects and protects the complex correlations and the equilibrium of a habitat. This is how we have always cultivated the vineyards at Pian dell’Orino.”…

~ Sloping Vineyards in Piedmont ~ (Photo Credit: Italy this Way)   The Parusso winery is located on the border of Castiglione Falleto and Monforte d’Alba. For over 20 years, the brother and sister team of Marco and Tiziana Parusso…

~ The Viticcio Estate in Autumn ~ The Viticcio Castle stands amidst a rustic estate, charmingly situated on the gentle and sunny ridge of a hillside, overlooking sloping vineyards above the picturesque, ancient town of Greve in Chianti. It lies…

Very little can go wrong when you start with organic grapes sourced from Tuscany’s illustrious Val d’Orica region, add in a dedicated proprietor in Giovanni Manetti and then give the reins to the likes of Franco Bernabei.  It’s a winning formula,…