Tuscany

Tasting articles Not so long ago the Maremma, the coastal strip that runs south of Livorno all the way down to Lazio...

Tasting articles This year’s en primeur tastings described in Chianti Classico 2012 – climate-change wines also saw the release of the 2011...

Tasting articles Chianti Classico's 2012 vintage was the produce of one of the hottest summers ever to be recorded, but when I...

Tasting articles This selection of tasting notes is thanks mostly to British importer Armit, whose Italians could easily furnish a national gallery...

Tasting articles Each February during the annual en primeur tastings organised throughout Tuscany, the organisers in Montalcino and Chianti Classico always prepare...

Tasting articles At the same time as my second tranche of tastings of Brunello di Montalcino 2009, I also had a look...

Don't quote me See also Walter's wine-by-wine review of the just-released 2009 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino and the 2008 Riservas, including a...

Tasting articles As so often on JancisRobinson.com, there are times of year when, poor things, we suffer a fine-wine logjam. As a...

Tasting articles See also a recent collection of reviews of Ornellaia's neighbour and prototype Sassicaia. Ornellaia celebrated the release of their 25th...

Tasting articles I spent a couple of magical days on the Tuscan coast recently, and describe the high point in Sassicaia in...

Inside information The Antique Wine Company's AWC Wine Academy in London is offering members of our Purple Pages an exclusive discount on...

Free for all Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi in Panzano reports on the last two vintages in Chianti Classico – and gives his...

Free for all After the comments made by Franco Soldera in one of Italy's most important newspapers, Corriere della Sera, on 26 March...

Inside information Another titbit for those entirely uninterested in Bordeaux.... While Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in general seems a little inert of...

Tasting articles If you can’t say anything nice… That is a little how I felt after having tasted the Vino Nobile di...

Free for all Franco Biondi Santi, arguably Montalcino's most iconic producer, has died today at the age of 91. The sad news broke...