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Wine blending is an art that reaches a high level in the 2005, Brancaia, Tre. Earlier this year, I tasted with Martin Kronenberg the range of wines made by his wife, Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer, from Widmer’s family estates in Tuscany. We began at the top of the pyramid: Brancaia’s Il Blu...
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A memorable Father’s Day gift is a bottle of Antinori’s extraordinary 2004 Solaia. Antinori is one of the most regal names in the wine world. The family-owned wine company is headed by the noble and notable Marchese Piero Antinori, supported by what I call his A Team: daughters Albiera,...
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The Vesuvio wine company, its own name a nod to Tony and Carmela Soprano’s favorite restaurant, has created and continues to expand a line of Italian wines with the Sopranos name and iconic logo, thanks to a licensing partnership with HBO. A recent tasting of the pinot grigios, chiantis, and ...
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You can find a remnant of the summer Tuscan sun in a glass of the 2006 Volpaia Chianti Classico. A few decades ago, I made an appointment to meet Giovannella Stianti, the owner of Castello di Volpaia. Turning off the main road between Greve and Radda, two historic towns in the heart of the Chianti ...
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Joining the words Banfi with Chianti Classico is a surefire way to get excellence, as evidenced in a glass of the 2006 Banfi Chianti Classico Riserva. In 1919, John Mariani founded Banfi in New York City’s Little Italy. Today, his grand-children, James Mariani and Christina Mariani-May, overs...
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One of Italy’s newest wine appellations is the source of the tasty, good value red wine Castello Colle Massari Rigoleto 2007. In 1998, the Montecucco appellation was created as a sub-zone in the Maremma region; Montecucco’s eastern border is the world-renowned Brunello di Montalcino app...
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When spring arrives, it’s time to change to a lighter red wine like the 2007 Nardi Rosso di Montalcino. In 1893, Francesco Nardi arrived in America from Umbria, Italy. Two years later, he returned home with a design for a new plow that would plant the family’s future in agriculture. The...
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Here are two red wines that will help maximize the pleasure of holiday parties while minimizing the pain of cold weather. Brunello di Montalcino is recognized worldwide as one of the great Italian red wines. Montalcino is a beautiful mountain town in the southern portion of Tuscany where the local ...
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Castello Banfi is a well-known Tuscan winery, and its newest Chianti Classico wines, brought only recently to the American market, offers quality and value. While acclaimed for their Brunello di Montalcino and Super-Tuscan wines Excelsus, Summus and Cum Laude, Banfi produces flavorful and affordabl...
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If you’ve ever prepared a nice dinner of liver and fava beans and wondered, “What would Hannibal Lecter do?,” here’s your answer: He’d pour a glass of the 2006 Carpineto Chianti Classico Riserva. In 1967, winemakers Giovanni Sacchet and Antonio Zaccheo joined forces and purchased the Carp...
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