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Montefalco Rosso

The Role of a Rosso In Italian, rosso simply means “red”. Every wine appellation that is not exclusively red will[…]

Montecucco Historical Tasting In 1998, a small appellation for Sangiovese-based wines was carved from the Maremma. Forged on the slopes of[…]

Ciliegiolo, Jewel of the Maremma For all my talk – and writing – about little-known or forgotten native grapes, there[…]

What is Montecucco? We are in the warm south of Tuscany. Here, sandwiched between two well-known denominations specialising in Sangiovese,[…]

Grandi Marchi – The Estates and the Tasting Notes Eighteen wines – one from each of the estates represented at[…]