Finding good, inexpensive Italian red wines can be a challenge. Many great ones easily cost more than a hundred dollars a bottle. And even when you do find more affordable ones, making sense of ...

Red wine fans, take note: The 2019 Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico is not just another Chianti. Chianti is a wine from the Tuscany region in Italy. It is made predominantly from sangiovese grapes. It ...

Tasting notes: Smooth, rich flavors with hints of strawberry and citrus. Tasting notes: Smooth, more depth, fuller red wine with more body and hints of cherry and oak. Tasting notes: Smooth red wine ...

Founded in 1974 by industrial entrepreneur Giuseppe (Pepito) Castiglioni, Querciabella winery has expanded to widen the varietal options for wines not part of tradition or Italian wine law Tuscany’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While other Tuscan winemakers trying to make a splash veer toward international varieties and IGT classifications, Giovanni Mazzei ...

A new seven-day SmoothRed rail tour connects Italy’s Piedmont and Tuscany regions with guided tastings of more than 20 wines and visits to celebrated estates. Travelers spend three nights each in ...

Gone are the days when wine tasting was confined to local wineries or national borders. Today's consumers crave authentic wine experiences in the land where it's cultivated. In Europe, where the wine ...

While there’s never a bad time to enjoy a glass of Chianti, there hasn’t long been a holiday in honor of this Italian red wine. National Chianti Day was inaugurated by Santa Margherita in 2020, and ...

It is a place. It is a style of wine. But most of all, it is a state of mind. I was reminded of that as I found myself surrounded by five bottles of Sangiovese wines from the region as I looked into a ...

These Italian reds are superb wines and often excellent values. So why aren’t more people drinking them? By Eric Asimov Chianti Classico wines are better than they have ever been. The best examples ...

While other Tuscan winemakers trying to make a splash veer toward international varieties and IGT classifications, Giovanni Mazzei wanted to remain true to Chianti Classico. With 600 years of family ...

Mazzei’s family has deep roots in Chianti: The earliest historic reference to the Chianti wine region is in a letter written by one of his ancestors, Ser Lapo Mazzei, in December 1398, more than 300 ...