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[Do Bianchi] Italy meets California circa 1982 (by Burton Anderson, Wine ...: Check out his truly stunning post on tasting Sangiovese in Tuscany in the 1970s, “Our Sangiovese.” The above image of Ezio Rivella (now president of the Brunello producers association) has been culled from the December 1-15 issue of .We plan to fully exploit this advantage in our wines, which will be aged in barriques of split French oak.” A picture's worth a thousand words, isn't it?

[Vinfolio Results Our inventory] 2001 Soldera (Case Basse) - Brunello di Montalcino Riserva at ...: 2001 Soldera (Case Basse) - Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Sangiovese - Italy - Tuscany - Brunello di Montalcino - Red. Manage your wine alerts in My Account.

[The Wine Sleuth] A Great Italian Blend You Should Know | The Wine Sleuth: When I Googled Brunello di Montelcino, I found a wine called Castello Banfi Brunello Di Montalcino which sells for about $700 a bottle. And then there is Soldera Brunello Di Montalcino 1998 that only sells for around $275 and the wines of Montalcino go down in price from there.

[Inside IWM] Five Questions with Monica Soldera : Inside IWM: The Soldera family’s home sits in the middle of the idyllic Case Basse estate in Montalcino, a spot as known for Monica’s father’s Sangiovese Brunello as her mother’s rose garden. After obtaining a degree in Economics, Monica received a Master’s Degree in Communications from Bocconi University and pursued a career in marketing in the food industry until she was lured from Milan back to her family home.

[The Pour] Italy Announces Findings in Brunello di Montalcino Probe - Diner's ...: When the Brunello Consortium accused Gianfranco Soldera of not making a true Brunello because he ages his wine in walnut barrels, Gianfranco Soldera suggested to the Consortium to check out the Brunello Wine Makers who don’t even use the right grapes, and so the the investigation began after he mentioned a few dubious wine makers.

[Berrys' Wine Blog] Chianti Classico, May 2010 - un punto di vista (a point of view): As Marco Pallanti (above), mercurial winemaker at Castello di Ama, and also President of the Consorzio, points out: ”˜There’s a risk that the consultant becomes too important, for it’s the land that should lead the winemaker, not the other way round. He quotes Henri Jayer in saying that we need to understand the technology more so as to be able to do less.

[Inside IWM] Diving into Passion: Part 3: The story of Passion on the Vine continues when Sergio decides to leave the restaurant business and begins to fully cultivate his vision and passion for Italian wine (please see part 1 and part 2 and of this series).  In his vision, the store would be a high-end boutique of wine with each bottle displayed with its own placard, like its own work of art.  The company would educate clients on Italian wine and culture as well as provide security for those who wanted to invest and make collecting high-end Italian wines a reality. By a twist of fate, Sergio runs into an acquaintance, Joseph Bastianich, who then owned a wine bar/restaurant called Becco and a high-end Italian restaurant called Babbo with Mario Batali.  Sergio makes the quick decision to become partners with these two men who had a much better understanding of his goals and ambitions, and in October of 1999, Italian Wine Merchants opened its doors to the public.

[WSJ.com: On Wine] (In)Consistency in Chianti Classico: the Borghetto Boys - On Wine ...: David Weitzenhoffer, Il Borghetto’s importer to the States (his company is called Acid Inc.), said the winery briefly toyed with the idea of putting its limited quantity, prestigious wines in a traditional fiasco (the straw covered bottle made famous in the ’70s) but decided to take the name Chianti Classico off instead. Now the two Il Borghetto Chianti Classico wines, in Burgundy bottles, are known as “Bilaccio,” the name of Il Borghetto proprietor Antonio Cavallini’s dog, and “Clante,” which is Etruscan for “Chianti.” They are both the work of Englishman Tim Manning, who actually made Pinot Noir at Cristom in Oregon for a while.

[melodylemmons] 2005 Col Di Sasso: I hear Sangiovese and immediately I think of Italy. I read an article last year that was about Italian wines and it mentioned Brunello di Montalcino.

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