This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona will feature Tuscan winery Castello di Monsanto,considered to be one of the top producers of traditional Chianti Classico Riserva. There will be a free tasting in front of the Molesini Wine Shop in Piazza Repubblica from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  The wines that will be featured are: Fabrizio Bianchi Chardonnay 2011 IGT Toscana Fabrizio Bianchi Rosato 2011 IGT Toscana Chianti Classico 2010 DOCG...

Last week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona featured Chianti winery Isole e Olena at Taverna Pane e Vino.  The evening began with a free wine tasting in a very crowded Piazza Repubblica. Marco Molesini helped pour wines and greeted everyone who came by to taste the wines. There was a nice line up of wines, all from the Isole e Olena estate near Castellina in Chianti. Paolo de Marchi is making Chianti but with a different ideal in...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, July 25, 2013 will feature Friuli/Veneto Winery La Tunella. 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: PINOT GRIGIO 2012 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI SAUVIGNON 2012 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI FRIULANO COL LIVIUS CRU 2011 DOC FRIULI COLLI ORIENTALI RIBOLLA GIALLA COL DE BLISS CRU 2011 FRIULI COLLI...

This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event featured Livio Felluga, a large award-winning winery from the northern Friuli area of Italy. The wine tasting begin in Piazza Repubblica in front of the Molesini Wine Shop.  Marco Molesini and a very handsome representative from Livio Felluga poured tastes of the wine. It had rained cats and dogs earlier in the day but luckily stopped just an hour before the tasting started.  They still had...

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This week’s Wine, Shine & Dine event in Cortona on Thursday, July 11th, will feature Livio Felluga with very special guest, Maurizio Felluga. Livio Felluga, located in the Friuli region, is considered on of the area’s most impressive wineries and is also credited with re-establishing the area’s winemaking heritage after World War II by reviving old vineyards, planting new ones and bringing about fresh ideas. These are the wines...