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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....

Monica Larner • 08 Apr 2021

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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....

Monica Larner • 17 Mar 2021

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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....

Monica Larner • 10 Mar 2021

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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....

Monica Larner • 10 Mar 2021

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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...

Monica Larner • 02 Nov 2018

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Italy, Tuscany: A Montevertine Le Pergole Torte Retrospective (Plus New Releases)

Every important wine region has its standalone estate—that one producer who sticks to his or her guns no matter which way the prevailing winds blow. In Chianti Classico, that producer...

Monica Larner • 28 Mar 2018

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Italy, Tuscany: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Part 2)

This report is an extension of the 66 tasting notes published one month ago. Across the world of wine, important regions face a widening identity crisis that pits large-volume commercial...

Monica Larner • 31 Jan 2018

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Taste Italy's Sunny Expressions of Cabernet Franc

Mark your calendars for March 3....

Erin Brooks • 17 Jan 2018

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