Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
The Viticoltori Montespertoli (the Montespertoli Vintners) was founded in 2022 by 15 vintners in the Montespertoli area to change the discourse and produce authentic, terroir-driven, and contemporary wines. On their website, they say that what unites them is “their pride and passion” for what they do and, while doing so, to safeguard the tradition of … Read more
Chianti lies at the heart of the Italian Food, Wine, and Travel group’s theme this month, more precisely it’s a Cavalcade of Chianti wines. Using Chianti as a theme, of course, opens up choosing both Chianti DOCG and Chianti Classico DOCG wines, but at the same time, it also creates a bit of confusion for … Read more
A man and his vineyards; a man and his horse. Well, with Fabrizio Forconi, the owner of Podere dell’Anselmo, it is a bit of both. Podere dell’Anselmo is a small winery, agritourism, and manège located in the Anselmo locality close to Montespertoli in Chianti. This is only about 25 minutes from Florence, in Tuscany. It … Read more