This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, October 3, 2013 will feature Marchesi Antinori with a selection of their Chianti Classico wines! With over 600 wines from all over the world, Antinori is one of the biggest holding winery companies out there and impressively making great wines. 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 along with...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, September 22, 2013 featured award winning Brunello winery Casanova di Neri with special guest, owner Giacomo Neri! The free tasting started at 4:00 p.m. at the Molesini Wine Shop in our beautiful Piazza Repubblica just as the sun was beginning to set. There was even a small tasting station featuring Pratomagno prosciutto which comes from a mountainous area in central Tuscany....

The vendemia (wine harvest) is in full swing in Cortona! In the past few days I’ve had wine tours and the opportunity to visit some of the local wineries and see first hand the wine harvest in full swing.   This is Syrah that has been harvested by hand and is waiting to be taken to the winery to be processed. The cassettes are loaded into the back of a waiting tractor that slowly collects the harvested grapes and within an hour heads...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, September 26, 2013 will feature Tuscan winery Azienda Montevertine! 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 along with the menu for the wine tasting dinner that begins at 8:15 p.m.   At 8:15 we will make our way to a Cortona favorite, Osteria del Teatro! Here is a sneak peak at the tasting...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, September 18, 2013 will feature highly rated award winning winery Casanova di Neri from Montalcino with special guest and owner Giacomo Neri!  Considering one of their wines is rated 100 points and a few years ago they were noted and the #1 winery in the world, this is going to be an amazing night. These are the wines they will be pouring at the free tasting from 4 -8 p.m. in...