From €24.29, £19,99, $38.99, 45 Swiss francs and Can$57.95 a bottle. Find the Poggione Ooh, ah - fancy recommending a 2003 Brunello...! Longstanding visitors will...

28 Oct  - In yesterday's vote in Montalcino, 96% of Brunello producers voted to maintain the status quo in terms of varietal requirement that all Brunello be made from 100% Sangiovese...

Friday just past saw a bitter confrontation between some of the principal protagonists in the Brunellogate affair in a Face to Face Debate held in Siena. The ones responsible for the scandal are...

Those who have read our coverage of  Brunellopoli/Brunellogate with particular care will have seen that Conte Francesco Marone Cinzano, who stood down as chairman of the Consorzio when his...

Wine writer Monty Waldin, quite coincidentally producer of this week’s wine of the week , has been visiting the troubled Montalcino zone on a regular basis since 2004. Over the last...

The 2006 vintage of Chianti Classico brings us wine lovers something to celebrate – and not just that so many of the wines taste good. This is the first year that white wine grapes have...

              Thus Brunello di Montalcino is in a unique position, comments the newspaper. On the one hand, the Consorzio of Brunello...

Francesco Marone Cinzano stepped down earlier this week as president of the Consorzio of producers of scandal-hit Brunello di Montalcino . His position was becoming increasingly untenable since...

The assembly of producers of the beleaguered Brunello di Montalcino zone has decided to have all wines analysed before they are allowed the DOCG. A new, three-person Guarantee Board will define...

Many of you will have been following Brunellogate, or Brunellopoli, as the latest scandal to envelop the Italian wine business is sometimes called. See this thread in members’ forum...

Giuseppe Sesti, who makes some fine, traditional Brunello di Montalcino at the Castello di Argiano, sends the following update on the current kerfuffle in Montalcino. I'd love to have...

See also David Gleave MW's update of the current, much discussed situation re Brunello 2003s back in Italy here . While battling “ Brunellopoli ", the Consorzio...

My recent rest-and-relaxation visit to Montalcino ended 10 days before the Sangiovese hit the fan in that tiny hilltop commune in south-central Tuscany (see Montalcino vineyards update )....

Just days before the start of the massive VinItaly trade show in Verona yesterday came news of a potential scandal involving Brunello di Montancino, arguably Italy’s most sacred of wines...