Skip to content
Michaela Morris
  • About
  • Articles
  • Contact

Decanter

  • The brilliance of Piedmont Barbera wines
  • Chianti Classico wineries approve new subzones
  • Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
  • GB Burlotto
  • Brunello di Montalcino 2016
  • See all articles on Decanter

Meininger’s WBI

  • Who’s Who in Veneto
  • What they’re drinking in Québec
  • The transformative crush
  • The taste of climate change
  • Sangiovese throws a strange quercetin deposit

Quench

  • 10 wines from British Columbia
  • Three wines that transported me
  • Barolo DOCG’s Bright Young Things
  • You can’t have Brunello without Biondi-Santi
  • Is ethical wine even possible?
  • See all articles on Quench

Taste

  • Italian Classics
  • Uco Rising
  • Inimitable Bordeaux: The 2016 Vintage Release
  • 2015 Vintage Bordeaux Release

Vintec Club

  • Top 5 Whites from Italy
  • The Evolution of Barolo
  • Nebbiolo Beyond Barolo
  • Breaking Down Chianti Classico
  • The Italian Wine Cellar

Westender

  • Chain restaurants upping their wine game
  • Vancouver’s sensational sommeliers and more
  1. Home
  2. Articles

Instagram

  • Buongiorno Napoli!!! . . . #napoli #naples #vesuvio #vesuvius #mountvesuvius #volcano #vulcano #italy
  • A fine traveling companion. My friend and colleague from Ontario @mgodello @winealign made Montalcino even more marvelous. Grazie Mihe! E arrivederci Brunelloland! . . . #montalcino #brunello #brunellodimontalcino #wine #sangiovese #italianwine #view #sunset #valdorcia
  • Montalcino by night. . . . #montalcino #italianflag #fortezza #italia #italy #brunello #brunellodimontalcino
  • Squeezed in a few more enlightening visits in Montalcino. Now sifting through a mountain of tasting notes and interviews to write up my report on the 2017 Brunello and 2016 Brunello Riserva. Will be published on @decanter early January - along with a couple of spectacular verticals. . . . @brunellodimontalcino #brunellodimontalcino #montalcino #sangiovese #wine #italianwine #brunello
  • Checking out the new releases at Castello Romitorio with Filippo Chia - including the first ever Filo di Seta Riserva. Then, after taking in the multi-million dollar view from the new vineyards in front of the estate’s castle, looking out over the forest that surrounds the property and across to Montalcino - a pilgrimage to @trattoriailpozzo for lunch. We washed down that giant t-bone steak with the 2004 Riserva. Still vigorous and chewy, it showed compelling nuances of exotic porcini mushroom and saffron. A good reminder to hang onto your Brunello for a few years. . . . @filippocastelloromitorio #castelloromitorio
  • Morning visit at the illustrious Villa Greppo to taste the latest releases from @biondisantigreppo which includes a few library cases of the 1985 Riserva. It’s always a treat to taste with Technical Director Federico Radi, a thoughtful and sensible agronomist who is surely one of Italy’s leading lights. One of the many projects he is managing at the estate is a nursery of Biondi-Santi’s precious genetic plant material. . . . #biondisanti #villagreppo #brunello #brunellodimontalcino #montalcino #sangiovese #wine #italianwine
  • Yesterday - jam packed day of fabulous tastings. Vineyard walk and beautiful views of the all-important, ever present Monte Amiata @sanpolo.montalcino with @callecla82 Then onto @lepotazzine to meet Gigliola and her ‘two chickadees’ - Sofia and Viola. All three impossibly charming - just like the wines. Next, graciously hosted and well-fed @tenuta_fanti by @elisafanti and her team with vintage comparisons and contrasts. Made it in time for sunset @collemassari’s Poggio di Sotto (oh that 2016 Riserva!) & San Giorgio And finally the historical cellars of @fattoriadeibarbi where Stefano Cinelli Colombini is an endless fountain of knowledge of Montalcino’s fascinating past.
  • This morning in Montalcino. . . . #montalcino #brunellodimontalcino #brunello #wine #vine #vineyard #view #bluesky #autumn #nofilter
© 2018 Michaela Morris