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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
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  • How beautiful is this? Just picked Malvasia Bianca Lunga and Trebbiano Toscano for Losi Querciavalle’s Vin Santo del Chianti Classico. The grapes will dry until December before they are pressed concentrating the sugars for this long-aged complex elixir. . . . @chianticlassico #chianticlassico #vinsanto #vinsantodichianticlassico #malvasia #trebbiano #wine #italianwine @famiglialosi
  • The ultimate welcome in Chianti Classico: dinner with newly re-elected consorzio president Giovanni Manetti aka @az.agr.fontodi and a couple of other icons of the region - the lastest release of @isoleeolena Chardonnay and 1982 @castellinvilla Riserva. The latter was particularly poignant. At almost 40 years old, it still had the wild earthy thumbprint of Castelnuovo Berardenga with the firm irony grip of the estate - perfection with gamey roasted pigeon. . . . @chianticlassico #chianticlassico #sangiovese #dinner #pigeon #castellinvilla #castelnuovoberardenga #fontodi #isoleeolena #wine #italianwine
  • Montefioralle immersion: a speed dating style tasting with 10 producers from the area while looking out towards the town. This is one of Chianti Classico’s newly announced UGA or geographical sub-units. The vineyards sit on the western slopes of the Greve valley reaching almost 550m and bask in the gentle morning sun. Soil is predominately calcareous. Some wineries to look out for here @montefioralle @poderecampriano @terrenovino @villacalcinaia @viticciowinery . . . @chianticlassico #chianticlassico #sangiovese #montefioralle #wine #italianwine #winetasting #tastingwithaview
  • Morning run in Chianti Classico. I missed the money shot by seconds as the deer were too quick for me to capture. Apparently animals have been the greatest pest this year. It’s been so hot and dry and they are thirsty. In some vineyards, entire rows of grapes have been ravaged by tenacious cinghiale who manage to find there way in despite growers’ best efforts to fence them out. . . . #chianticlassico #sunrise #vineyard #deer #cinghiale #wine #italianwine #sangiovese
  • A tasting blur of fantastic visits in Montalcino @sestiwine @aziendalisini @fattoiofelioefigli @mastrojanniwine Now onward to Chianti Classico! . . . #brunello #brunellodimontalcino #montalcino #sangiovese
  • Thanks Montalcino for rolling out the red carpet for me and showing me your finest angles. What a welcome! Grazie anche @consorziodelbrunello . . . #montalcino #brunellodimontalcino #rossodimontalcino #brunello #sangiovese #wine #italianwine #tuscany #view #sunset #redcarpet
  • To the southeast of Montalcino, Monte Amiata looms over many of the region’s vineyards. This shot is taken from San Polino - a magical place where Katia Nussbaum and Luigi Fabbro make beautiful, soulful wines. They are currently building a small expansion to the winery and the 2-metre hole shows the complexity of the soil with a jumble of quartz, sandstone, galestro and red clay. It looks almost painterly. I also couldn’t help admire the 600 year olive tree, which is one of the few which survived the devastating frost of 1985. I could talk to Katia for hours -
  • You can’t do this on zoom! I love tasting from cask, checking in on the wine during its aging. At @uccelliera the 2019 and 2020 Brunello from botte are looking good. Of course, we’ll have to wait a few more years. Andrea Cortonesi also drove me around to his various parcels scattered throughout the area of Castelnuovo dell’Abate. Like other producers I spoke to in Montalcino, he is looking to start the Sangiovese harvest on Sept 20th - depending on the weather, of course. . . . #brunello #brunellodimontalcino #montalcino #sangiovese #wine #italianwine #tasting #winetasting #botte
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