With reasonable alcohol and light structure, Tuscan reds pair more easily with food and don’t overwhelm like many New World reds. The reds of Tuscany are dominated by the red grape sangiovese and tend ...

There is something distinctly Italian about sangiovese. Maybe not so surprising as it is the most planted grape variety in Italy. Widely present in Tuscany, where we find it in Chianti, Chianti ...

Located in Sant’ Angelo in Colle in the commune of Montalcino, Tenuta Il Poggione was established at the end of the 19th century by Lavinio Franceschi and is still owned today by the fifth generation ...

Ripe sangiovese grapes grow on vines in Tuscany, Italy. (Dreamstime) Ripe sangiovese grapes grow on vines in Tuscany, Italy. (Dreamstime) Sangiovese is Italy’s numero uno grape. Forget about ...

Last week, I wrote about three Sicilian red wines made with the same wine grape – nero d’avola. This week, I thought we would stay in Italy and learn more about even more popular red wine grape – ...

Sangiovese is one of the most popular and most planted grapes in Italy. The grapes make wines that offer fresh, cherry flavors and an earthy quality, often aromatic like cedar. Yet sangiovese (san-joh ...

It is the most famous of Italian wine grapes, but in the New World, sangiovese plays only a minor role. Best known as the primary variety in Chianti Classico, sangiovese also is the main grape in ...

Think of Emilia-Romagna's hyphen as a key to its wines. As the northwest part of this northern-Italian region, Emila prizes its lambruschi, a group of unrelated red-wine grapes with very different ...

Editor’s note: Additional information on Michigan Sangiovese was sent in after this story published and has been added to it. So let’s start with some Sangiovese basics. It’s the most widely grown ...

Some wines feature the name of the grape on the label. Others list the place where the wine was made. Then there’s Montecucco Sangiovese. The name of these outstanding Italian red wines packs in a lot ...

I first met Paolo di Marchi some 20 years ago at a wine fair in Italy. Having completed a massive tasting of Chianti at a nearby generic stand I was intrigued by how different his wines were. Whereas ...