Understanding how a wine region evolves—vintage after vintage—is never simple. Grapes reflect not only weather, but also farming shifts, winemaking choices, and cultural change. For a grape like ...

Chianti Classico — a region, not a quality designation, lodged between Florence and Siena in the heart of Tuscany — is Italy’s most famous source for Sangiovese-based reds. For many people it’s also ...

Chianti Classico is one of the world’s most famous and well-loved red wines. Given that there are more than 350 producers in this zone, there are a select few that have achieved great critical and ...

SOME WINES ARE straightforward. Some are confusing. And some are a little of both. Cabernet, a very consistent grape, easily fits into the first category. For Riesling, it’s the second: Is it sweet?

What is Chianti? An inexpensive red wine in a straw-covered bottle, sort of sharp, sort of thin, and not very interesting? Or is it one of the historic wines of Italy, which is now seeing a ...

These longer-aged wines were once notable for being too oaky and powerful. Now, producers are letting the gorgeous purity of the sangiovese grape shine through. By Eric Asimov I could not have ...

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 ...

Italy's San Donato in Poggio has been approved as a Chianti Classico Gran Selezione growing area. (Matteo Mescalchin/Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico) Perspective by Dave McIntyre This is not your ...