Wine Growing Areas In Tuscany Two Major Wine Areas In Tuscany There are two major areas of wine production in Tuscany , the central hills and the Mediterranean coast. The Central Tuscan Hills Central Tuscany...
Vines & Grapes Grown In Tuscany Tuscan Wines & Grape Varieties You will almost certainly have drunk wine from Tuscany, Chianti, Brunello and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are all from this region. There are around...
Tuscan Wine, A Quick Introduction The Sangiovese Grape In Tuscany the sangiovese grape dominates, the famous wine growing areas of Montepulciano ( Vino Nobile di Montepulciano ), Montalcino ( Brunello di Montalcino ), Chianti and...
Umbria & Wine - An Overview Wine Growing In Umbria The region of Umbria is located right in the centre of Italy, the landscape comprises hills, valleys and mountains as well as Lake Trasimeno. Most...
The Complicated World Of Italian Wine Terms DOCG, DOC, DOP, IGT and IGP and Vino da Tavola I have published posts on this blog about Umbrian and Tuscan Wines . Rather than write an explanation...
Pian Di Marte Walk, Umbria, Italy In early June 2016 I took a couple of friends on the Pian di Marte Walk, a route from my book, Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria Border ,...
Preggio Vineyard In the last year I have met Elena Vezzoli of Azienda Agricola Biologica Preggio at several local wine tastings. Elena has a two hectare vineyard with her husband Bruno and make around 9000...
Taverna Del Verziere In the middle of August there is a bank holiday called Ferragosto in Italy and the whole country pretty much shuts down for the day. This year the 15th fell on a...
Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria Border At the beginning of June 2016 I took some friends on a couple of walks from my book, Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria Border (available for download...
Lake Trasimeno Wines As you may know I run a tour at I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea Winery in the Niccone Valley. I have recently qualified as an Italian sommelier and am always interested to try...
The Waterfalls At Sasso, Umbria A great place to go on a hot summer day are the waterfalls at Sasso, a hamlet on the picturesque road between Città di Castello and Pietralunga . The waterfalls...
Sunday Lunch In Siena At L'Osteria Trattoria L'Osteria, Siena, Tuscany A couple of weeks ago we ate at one of my favourite trattorie, L'Osteria in Siena. l'Osteria is located a short walk north of the...