Prosecco is the Italian response to France’s Champagne or Spain’s Cava. A white wine, Prosecco is, as most Italian wines, Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC), produced in the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions. Prosecco became popular in the 1990s when it was given the status of an Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT), after which in 2009 it received its current denomination........... by TuscanyTourTime

This second-part series takes an in-depth look at some more of Chianti’s most magnificent country castles that evoke a fascinating medieval atmosphere. Standing proud on a hill overlooking wonderful landscape and majestic vineyards, the castles of Chianti include some of the oldest and most well-known medieval estates in Tuscany.... by TuscanyTourTime

Chianti and castles, an indissoluble pair, below is just a very specific yet eclectic selection.....
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What better excuse is there than to open an old bottle of Chianti when considering the question ‘Does Chianti age well?’.  And so I head to my wine cellar, which alas in reality is just a kitchen cupboard, and I peruse the selection on offer..... by tuscanytourtime

Amarone della Valpolicella is a charming, heavyweight dry red wine of immediate pleasantness produced in Verona, located along the Adige river in the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy. If literally translated, Amarone is conveyed as very or great bitter (wine). Interestingly enough, Amarone wine was first produced by mistake...  by tuscantytourtime 

Brunello di Montalcino






In Italian the “legs” you see running down your glass when wine tasting are called lacrime or “tears”, and a nice vintage of Brunello di Montalcino....
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What is Chianti wine?





What is Chianti? Is Chianti wine sweet? What is the difference between Chianti and Chianti Classico? What is Ruffino Chianti? These are just some of the many questions that we receive when students come to learn about Tuscany’s wines. .. 

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San Gimignano is a beautiful medieval town located in the province of Siena, just northwest of Siena itself and southwest of Florence. The town is easily identified as one arrives due to the high number of medieval towers that characterize its classically Tuscan skyline....... by tuscan wine tours with Angie

When friends ask me to advise them on a suitable wine, more often than not they say to me ‘I don’t like dry wine’, followed swiftly by the statement ‘I prefer fruity wine’, and this is a common misconception in wine tasting; that a fruity wine is sweet, and an oaky, tannic wine is dry.... by tuscan wine tours with angie

So there we were. Two pals in a Florentine wine bar (Enoteca), putting the world to rights over, of course, a couple of glasses of red.

“Tell me,” enquires my companion, “what is the difference between Peter Parker and Spiderman?”..... by tuscan wine tours with angie

Florence’s “buche del vino” and Chianti Colli Fiorentini

“What are those curious little windows adorning the facades of dozens of palazzi in Florence’s historic centre?” It’s a question often asked by Chianti wine tasting groups.... by tuscan wine tours with angie

The Frescobaldi wine estates

The Frescobaldi family started producing and selling wine to the Courts of Europe at the beginning of the XIV century, but their wine-making vocation started much earlier and is deeply rooted in the most ancient of the six estates that the family owns throughout Tuscany: the Tenuta Castiglioni in Montespertoli...... by tuscanwinetours with angie

The story of how the black rooster –Gallo Nero– became the Chianti Military League’s symbol is the stuff of Medieval legends involving knights and longstanding rivalries, the traces of which adorn the ceiling of Florence’s emblematic Palazzo Vecchio.......by tuscanwinetours with angie

The immense variety of fine Tuscan wines behind the Frescobaldi name should really be no surprise considering the family’s history dates back over a thousand years.....

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Rarely does a winery manage to blend past and present with such elegance as Tenuta Capezzana. The magnificent estate located in the town of Carmignano... by Wine Tasting Tours in Tuscany with Angie

There is the flavor of the sea in wines of Petra, the architecturally impressive winery of Terra Moretti Group in Suvereto, Val di Cornia, Livorno, 158 km from Florence. ... by wine tours in Tuscany

LE FILIGARE, WHERE POPE PIO IX RELAXED WITH THE ARCHDUKE OF TUSCANY

Chianti Classico and Super Tuscan are the main wines produced by Le Filigare, a farm in the Chianti heart, San Donato in Poggio, 34 km from Florence..... by tuscan wine tours with angie

Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino

If you say Biondi Santi you mean Brunello, one of the most appreciated red wine in the world. This wine was born in 1865 with Clemente Biondi Santi, but the official recognition would have arrived just in 1932 with his nephew Ferruccio.....  by tuscan wine tours with angie

Chianti and Vin Santo just how they were done at the Medici time. Artimino farm produces many Tuscan wines following to the Grand Ducal notice of Cosimo III emanated three hundred years ago. ......  by Tuscan wine tours with angie

Il Palagio di Panzano: two families, the same destiny within wine

Small-berry Sangiovese is the vine used for any wine, Chianti Classico most of all, produced by Il Palagio di Panzano. Organic products and respect for environment are the passwords of this farm situated halfway between Florence and Siena, 36 km from Florence.... by tuscan wine tours with angie