This coming Sunday is the once a year event “Cantine Aperte” (open wineries) all over Italy.  Most importantly, here in the Cortona area the Cosorzio Vini Cortona has put up a listing of which wineries are participating, you can click on the image to go to the Consorzio website. Hope to see you all...

The city of Copenhagen was host to a very special group, our very own Strada dei Vini Cortona on the the 1st and 2nd of March! The local newspaper Politiken spread the word and more than 1500 tickets were sold in advance for the two day event.  I think that probably at least a good 200o people attended.   The space was ultra modern with the theme being wine, Cortona products and tourism.  Of course most people were there for the wine. Not...

One of my favorite local wineries, Leuta, just released a 375 ml bottle!  I like to call it “purse size” but it will fit nicely also in picnic hampers, small grocery bags or whatever you are using to take along some nice cheese and salami for a little snack! Most importantly, this is a great wine.  Word on the street is that the name is changing to Tau because this isn’t just your average “rosso toscana” (red table...

I had the first look and taste of one of the newest Cortona Syrahs to be released, Cantina Faralli’s Cortona Syrah. Cantina Faralli has been talking about this Syrah for some time.  In fact over the past year or so they’ve been using some of the non-aged Syrah as a blend in their normal rosso/vino sfuso (bulk sold table wine) and it was really good.  I couldn’t wait to taste the Syrah that had been aging for the past 8 months...

Big tasting event going on this weekend, Tuscany Wine Arezzo, October 20, 21 & 22, 2012 at the Arezzo Convention Center!  I plan on checking out a couple of the producers from the Cortona area that I like but haven’t actually met in person yet, reviews will be soon to...