Cortona Leuta 2,618 Cabernet Franc – Best of Best!

Cortona Leuta 2,618 Cabernet Franc – Best of Best!

Recently a well known wine -o-phile in Italy, Alessandro Rossi, put together a group of winemakers, wine lovers, wine writers and wine experts to blind taste 9 of the best Cabernet Francs from Tuscany.  Only one of the wines was from the Cortona D.O.C. area. (important to note since I’m blatantly for home team Cortona D.O.C.!) The end result, Leuta rated 95/100 for the win. It’s no secret I’m a Leuta fan and I am always...

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10/25/2012 Wine Tasting Dinner Cortona!

10/25/2012 Wine Tasting Dinner Cortona!

This Thursday night, October 25, 2012, is our last “degustazione” (wine tasting) dinner of the season!  At this point the dinner is over-booked although they are wait-listing people in case there are cancelations.  I’ve heard through my peeps that there are a few special surprises in store for those attending and Osteria del Teatro, plans to go quite over the top for the dinner. The winery featured for this last great tasting...

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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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