This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, September 5, 2013 will feature Chianti Classico winery San Giusto A Rentennano. These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in front of Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica: CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG 2011 CHIANTI CLASSICO LE BARONCOLE DOCG RISERVA 2010 PERCARLO IGT TOSCANA 2009 The evening will continue with dinner starting at 8:15 p.m. at Taverna...

The new vintages of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano have been released and the highly anticipated preview party in Montepulciano, the birthplace of Vino Nobile, is this weekend, February 16, 17 and 18! The new vintages being released are the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2010 and the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2009. The Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano has a little more information on their website about the Anteprima del Vino...

Tuscany Taste, a new brand for promoting Tuscan wines to foreign markets is hosting a contest! Download their logo from the link above, print it out in color and take a “creative” photo with it somewhere in the world and upload it to their Facebook page.  They say they will “reward you for your creativity”.  Who knows what that will be but it sounds fun and hey, feel free to share it on our tuscanWINEnotes Facebook page...