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...

This Thursday night, October 25, 2012, is our last “degustazione” (wine tasting) dinner of the season!  At this point the dinner is over-booked although they are wait-listing people in case there are cancelations.  I’ve heard through my peeps that there are a few special surprises in store for those attending and Osteria del Teatro, plans to go quite over the top for the dinner. The winery featured for this last great tasting...

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...

Talk about being in the right place at the right time!  The other night we met up with visiting friends over dinner and later walked over to visit yet another friend, our fabulous local chef Emiliano Rossi of Osteria del Teatro and newly opened the little Fett’Unta Fiaschetteria.  Having just finished serving dinner to the masses, Emiliano welcomed us by opening a bottle of Fontodi Case Via Syrah 1999 vintage. Breaking it down:  Pour a...