The one-liter size seems like just the right thing for this glou glou. Easy-to-drink but certainly not mindless. Lovely, lovely wine. Ampeleia is a joint venture from Elisabetta Foradori and... read more →
Rocco works in the Costa Toscana area (Coastal Tuscany). He works mostly with French grapes, because that’s what they do there. There’s cabernet franc and petit manseng, in addition to... read more →
Marta Sierotta (raised in Poland, moved to France, then to Italy with her family) lives and works in the Pisa section of Tuscany. This is her homage to her women.... read more →
Marta Sierotta (raised in Poland, moved to France, then to Italy with her family) lives and works in the Pisa section of Tuscany. I’m liking her work across the board,... read more →
Pinot from Tuscany? Usually I would say no, but from Fabrizio Niccolaini and Patrizia Bartolini, the names behind Massa Vecchia? Count me in. This is from a tiny parcel at... read more →
A solid under-$20 red that’s organic with lowish SO2 is harder to find than a ripe peach in January. But this sangio is that. It has a lot of charm for... read more →
I tasted with Dante and Helena Lomazzi in France at the Renaissance and was so delighted. They’ve had their problems in the past but right now the wines are singing,... read more →
German transplant Christoph Fischer makes a true and beautiful field blend from an old plot of grapes planted in alberello—bush-vine style—something quite rare for the ritzy Maremma. You’ll find a... read more →
Stefano and Giovanna live and work on their vines in Chianti, even if they use the IGT DOC. How could they not? Anyone looking for typical chianti might be scared... read more →
Think that you have to press a wine off of skin quickly? Then think again. Silvio Messana poured the grapes into anfora and then left the wine on the skins... read more →