benvenuto brunello 2015 – the best of the 2010 vintage!

benvenuto brunello 2015 – the best of the 2010 vintage!

I’m baaaaaaack! And starting the year with quite a bang! I had the amazing opportunity to attend Benvenuto Brunello 2015 in Montalcino, Tuscany yesterday where I was able to sample what is considered to be the release of the best vintage in recent history, the 2010 Brunellos!!!   There has been so much anticipation about the 2010 vintage, all the wine experts are falling over themselves with accolades and excitement for the release...

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Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto

Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto

I had the absolute pleasure to attend THE Benvenuto Brunello 2013 event this past Monday in Montalcino and taste many of the newly released Brunellos.  WAY too many to talk about in one post but I promise to report all my findings soon. As the icing on the cake we stopped in at Casanova di Neri on our way back to Cortona, where I literally was RUINED for all other Riserva Brunellos 2007.  And trust me, I tried some really good ones. All of the...

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Benvenuto Brunello 2013 is coming!!!!

Benvenuto Brunello 2013 is coming!!!!

Every February the new vintages of Brunello are released in Montalcino and to say it is a big deal is an understatement!  This year the 2008 Brunello and the 2007 Riserva Brunello are finally making their debut. I hear through the grapevine that the 2008(s) are decent but the 2007 Riserva(s) are exceptional.  I look forward to tasting ALL of them myself! Yes, I am going!  By bus, from Cortona with a group of most probably other rowdy wine...

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Tuscany Wine Arezzo

Tuscany Wine Arezzo

Big tasting event going on this weekend, Tuscany Wine Arezzo, October 20, 21 & 22, 2012 at the Arezzo Convention Center!  I plan on checking out a couple of the producers from the Cortona area that I like but haven’t actually met in person yet, reviews will be soon to...

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Shame on the Fortezza!

Shame on the Fortezza!

It was like being-tag teamed by two used car salesmen. Recently I was driving around a visiting friend who was dying to try some amazing Brunello from the area and wanted to go visit Montalcino. I decided to take him to the Enoteca la Fortezza in Montalcino where he’d have a chance to taste numerous high-end Brunellos at the same time.

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