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Wine previews in Tuscany 2019

Tuscany is home to almost 60,000 hectares of vineyards. From February 9 to 18, the regional wine previews, held in Florence, San Gimignano, Montepulciano and Montalcino, provide an opportunity to find out more.

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Vendemmia 2018 in Tuscany

With the 2018 harvest season drawing to an end, The Florentine found out what to expect from this vintage in the making.

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In vino veritas: The Wine Talks with TF and Ruffino

Regular readers will know all about Florence’s The Wine Talks this summer. Writing about wine is part of my job, visiting cantine and interviewing winemakers. But the bread and butter ...

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The Wine Talks by Ruffino and The Florentine

Don’t miss #RuffinoCares #WineWednesday, an events showcase in Italian and English celebrating the culture of wine every Wednesday from June 20 to September 26 in piazzetta dei Tre Re, co-curated by Ruffino Wines and The Florentine.

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A contemporary baron: Francesco Ricasoli

As the spring sun filtered in through the modern offices of millennium-old Barone Ricasoli, owner Francesco Ricasoli spoke to The Florentine about the importance of soil for Sangiovese, a lifetime ...

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For wine-nnials

Wine is not just white or red, the varieties are various and each has its own weird and wonderful personality traits. Here’s my super-pop method to remember everything: thumbs up ...

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Pregnancy and my palate

It dawned on me in the wine aisle of the COOP one early October evening in 2016, that “something” was up. I didn’t fancy a glass of wine with dinner. ...

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Sommeliers in the city

If you want to know anything about wine, ask a sommelier. These wine lovers put their livers on the line every day to bring the very best labels to your ...

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Bucolic Bolgheri

Down a steep hill and wading across a ford, Mulini di Segalari has to be seen to be believed. Planted everywhere you look with vines, bursting with vibrancy even post-harvest, ...

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Winter at the wineries

Can you think of a merrier place to spend Christmas than in cantina? The concept almost sees me cancelling my flights north, but at least these pre-Natale events make stocking up ...

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Wine bars in Florence: red, white and bubbles

From Chianti Classico to wine courses, French Champagne to Alto Adige whites, Florence boasts a wine bar scene worth uncorking.

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The Bolgheri of Pisa: Riparbella wineries

Ribarbella sits prettily in the Pisa province, a leisurely half-hour drive down the picturesque via Vecchia Aurelia takes you from brassy Bolgheri to another brilliant wine region.

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On “gottino”

There’s a pocket-sized enoteca in NYC’s “the Village” that serves Italian wines by the glass: its name is Gottino. In Pontassieve, my hometown that regularly sleeps, miniscule pizzeria Da Sandrino ...

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Tasting Italy from tip to toe

Collisioni Wine Project, in Barolo, is ideal for producers wishing to receive firsthand feedback on their wine and learn about market opportunities.

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On “mescita”

If you’ve ever eaten in San Niccolò, likely it was a hearty Florentine affair among amici at the Osteria Antica Mescita. On the table a fiasco flowing with rough-around-the-edges red ...

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Native grapes from Tuscany

Native grapes have become a thing on the Italian wine scene, even if they have been around longer than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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The Obama sommelier: Filippo Bartolotta

Filippo Bartolotta is a humble guy, down to earth, dynamic and utterly devoted to his passion and profession: wine. These qualities earned him the privilege of selecting and serving wines ...

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Val delle Rose: summer events in Maremma

Famiglia Cecchi’s Val delle Rose is a summer outing, a break from the beach or an escape from the city. Into the wilds and into the wine.

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A taste of Ruffino

Welcome to Poggio Casciano, an oasis of oenology in the hills outside the village of Grassina, the jewel in the crown of renowned Tuscan winery Ruffino.

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The Brunello business

Brunello is the philosopher’s stone of Sangiovese, but the hospitality offer in the town of Montalcino could benefit from a little light rejuvenation.

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Chianti Tellers: a photographic exhibition

The Chianti Tellers exhibition will go on show at the Casa Chianti Classico in Radda in Chianti from April 2017 onwards.

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Vamping up the vines

Chianti lovers are in for a surprise this Christmastime. Along the scenic via Chiantigiana between Monteriggioni and Castellina in Chianti, the family-owned Cecchi winery has decided against something as tedious ...

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Vin Santo: the holiest of wine

Warming, sweet and nutty, reminiscent of treacle and deeply devout given the ecstasy it is capable of instilling, monks had much to do with this fine dessert wine.

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Thanksgiving with Chianti Classico

On November 22, the US Consulate General Florence celebrated Thanksgiving in collaboration with the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico.

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