See the 55 related tasting notes in Anteprima 2011 - Chianti Classico . The annual presentation of the latest vintages of Chianti Classico in Florence last week seemed upbeat, at least from...

This is the first of Walter Speller's extensive reports from the recent Anteprima tastings of the latest releases in Italy. Extensive reviews and opinions on Brunello di Montalcino's...

The anteprima, or en primeur, tasting of Chianti Rufina last month can be considered either the very first or the very last of the Italian en primeur tasting season. The event format, showing...

While Florence recently played host to the first annual Wine Town Festival, celebrating the great wine capitals of the world all around the city centre, local DOCG Chianti Colli Fiorentini (whose...

Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi in Panzano sends this report on last year's growing season. He and his American-German family bought this well-situated property from photographer Stak...

Figures supplied by the Chianti Classico Consorzio clearly imply some sort of stabilisation in exports, where decline in the most important markets is compensated for by slight growth in others....

See below for 117 tasting notes, many of them enthusiastic, on these first showings of these two superior vintages. The Consorzio of Chianti Classico showed mild optimism during...

At least this is how the Consorzio of Chianti Classico yesterday announced the modification of the 1992 law that separates Chianti Classico from straight Chianti. Or, to quote Giuseppe Liberatore,...

More signs of a stagnant or even declining international wine market come from the Consorzio of Chianti Classico. In a letter last week addressed to its members and signed by its current...

2007 A mild winter was followed by a cool start of spring, with even weather causing early budbreak. Fears for spring frost proved unfounded. The weather remained pretty textbook, with...

This is Walter Speller's third collection of notes from last month's Collezione tasting in Florence, pictured here. CHIANTI CLASSICO 2005 RISERVAS Angelini, Tenuta San...

These wines were tasted by Walter Speller at the Collezione Chianti Classico tasting in Florence described in Chianti country - too many oenologists? . They are listed in alphabetical order of...

Walter Speller’s ruminations on Tuscany’s most important wine, and the special tasting of it in Florence illustrated, marks the beginning of Italian wine week here at JancisRobinson.com -...

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'Another great Classico vintage', reports the not-totally-objective press office of the Chianti Classico Consorzio (the regulatory and promotional body for the region) now that the 2008 harvest...