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Time for another SideTrip.  We don’t ignore great wine regions here at TuscanVines, we embrace them. Especially when they have roots that run deep with Italian families that immigrated from Italy.  Sonoma, and to a lesser extent Napa, are filled with…

Over the last 20 years or so, the number of Brunello producers has grown by the hundreds.  Producers that used to sell their grapes are now bottling their own wine while others have been encouraged to export their wine where…

 Gianfranco Soldera lost 5 years worth of Brunello today. Details are still unfolding.  Legendary producer Gianfranco Soldera had his Montalcino estate attacked by vandals last night.  As first reported by the Italian Wine News  the vandals opened the…

Something drew me to this wine…..  It was there, on the list, staring at me.  Not because it represented good value, because it did.  It was way less than I assumed I’d have to spend on wine.  But the vintage, oh…

La Mozza is the newest wine venture borne from the collobaration of Mario Batali and Joe and Lidia Bastianich.  Nestled in the Maremma, along the Tuscan coast, their winery produces mainly two red wines; a Morellino di Scansano and a…