
Etna and why Sicily is Italy’s most exciting wine region.
I have held for some time now that Sicily is Italy’s most exciting wine region. I am not saying it is the best mind you, just the most exciting. It’s the wild west of Italian wine with the gamut ranging from pioneers like COS to maverick’s like Frank Cornelissen to up and comers like Arianna Occhipinti. ...

Monteraponi Chianti: why it’s like Burgundy, only better.
Monteraponi is not only one of the most up and coming estates in Chianti, but one of the finest. The estate run by Michele Braganti located in Radda in Chianti has been in the family since 1974 but Michele only began making wine in 2003. And in the span of a decade Monteraponi has quickly...

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Top 10 Wines of 2012
As I reflect back on 2012 I can honestly say that it was my luckiest year yet when it comes to wine. I was fortunate enough to have drunk more great wine more often with more great people than any other year. This is a blessing. And in some ways a curse. Whatever, I have...

Brunello, Now More Than Ever.
After the Brunellogate scandal a few years back and despite the recent criminal tragedy at Soldera, Brunello di Montalcino stands at a moment of renaissance. A second act if you will. With the recent publication of the very fine and wonderfully opinionated book Brunello di Montalcino by Kerin O’Keefe, we may be seeing a lot...

Best Dolcetto Ever: San Fereolo – Dogliani
When’s the last time you drank Dolcetto? Probably Roagna about two years ago for me. I really just have never been that taken with Dolcetto. Perhaps I have not taken it seriously because no one else does. No one else except Nicoletta Bocca of San Fereolo that is. The Dogliani was a recommendation from September...