Italy, Tuscany: Chianti Classico (New Releases)

With each year that I do this job, I come closer to articulating and authenticating a thesis that I instinctively know to be true. That is: There is no greater...

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Discoveries From Radda In Chianti

This report focuses on Radda in Chianti and is part of a larger seven-piece series on the wines of Tuscany’s Chianti Classico wine region....

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Discoveries from Castellina in Chianti

This is the first article in a seven-part series that will focus on seven villages of Tuscany’s Chianti Classico, Italy’s premier wine region....

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Discover Chianti Classico

This seven-part series seeks to paint a detailed portrait of Tuscany’s Chianti Classico, a dynamic wine appellation that deserves our attention....

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Introducing San Donato

This article focuses on San Donato, a new name for a collection of smaller villages that have grouped together to showcase a shared identity and character....

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Discoveries from Castelnuovo Berardenga

Known as the butterfly-shaped subregion of Chianti Classico, I find the wines of Castelnuovo Berardenga to be happily consistent and generous as a group....

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Discoveries from Gaiole in Chianti

Gaiole in Chianti is perhaps the most interesting and least understood area in the greater Chianti Classico appellation....

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Italy, Chianti Classico: Discoveries from Greve in Chianti

This is the final chapter in my comune discovery series, and it represents the most wines tasted and the largest geographic area to define....

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Italy, Tuscany: The Tuscan Twenty – A Spotlight on Marchesi Antinori & Guado al Tasso

This is the first article in my “Tuscan Twenty” series that focuses on icon wines of Tuscany, which includes those of Marchesi Antinori and Guado al Tasso....

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Italy, Tuscany, Chianti Classico: A Video Spotlight on Mazzei

This report features one of Tuscany’s leading noble families, the Marchesi Mazzei, as well as a retrospective of their Siepi wine, all 26 vintages....

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