Chianti Classico

Nick on restaurants Hospitality lessons from three Tuscan wineries and three chefs. Above, Franco Sangiacomo, a Tuscan returnee from DC, now at Francesco...

Tasting articles Walter continues his three-part series on exciting new releases from all corners of Italy. Today, the centre of the country...

Tasting articles Walter continues his report on the Chianti Classico presentation in Florence earlier this year, focusing on the later-released wines, including...

Tasting articles Walter reports on this year's annual presentation of Chianti Classico and on the significance of the denomination's new subzones, such...

Book reviews Mélange might be the best word for this catholic collection of book reviews, united only by the one common denominator...

Free for all The Charles Heidsieck wine and champagne empire expands. Isole e Olena, the emblematic Chianti Classico estate painstakingly built up by...

Tasting articles This year’s Chianti Classico Riserva and Gran Selezione releases, and the new subzone proposal, assessed. See also part 1 of...

Tasting articles Good news! 2018/19/20 are looking like a trio of great vintages. See also part 2 on this year's Riserva and...

Free for all 30 September 2021 On the day the latest Bond film opens in the UK we're republishing this comprehensive survey of...

Tasting articles A most unusual Tuscan white. See more in Batàr than the rest. Querciabella is a Chianti Classico estate near Greve...

Free for all … and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano follows, adding two new words. After years of resistance, debate and pressure from producers...

Tasting articles Current Riserva and Gran Selezione releases – mainly 2018s and 2017s. Consultant oenologist Maurizio Alongi is pictured with his own...

Tasting articles Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...

Free for all Reports of severe frost damage to vines in a wide range of European wine regions are flooding in. Chablis, the...

Free for all 25 February 2021 Walter writes Now that the presentation of the new Chianti Classico vintage in Florence has been postponed...

Don't quote me On Saturday we published Which red wine vintages to drink now but it concentrates largely on French wines. There is...