I’ve been tasting this for a year and now the wine has popped out of the box, or so I thought when I sipped it in Angers this year. Just... read more →
From the high elevation of Lamole, this comes from bush trained, own-grafted vines and holy moly. Years back I asked someone who knew better than I, on what is real... read more →
Just what you want in a Tuscan wine: easy but not mindless. The farming is organic with non-religious biodynamic practice. The wine does not see any wood but is raised... read more →
Putting my fork down while at Il Leccio in Sant’ Antimo, I reached yet again for the 2013 Rosso. Its winemaker, Francesca Padovani, noticed I was guzzling her wine. “Do... read more →
From an island off Tuscany which sounds dreamy but my reaction to it was even better. The more affordable Chiaretto, sangiovese, gentle, light as air, wildly enjoyable and complex.
A little bit amarone and a little bit rock n’ roll (as in Laureano Serres’). A touch of sugar and cola and twig and definitely compelling.