What is Chianti? An inexpensive red wine in a straw-covered bottle, sort of sharp, sort of thin, and not very interesting? Or is it one of the historic wines of Italy, which is now seeing a ...

It doesn’t get much more quintessentially Italian than Chianti. Everything about this wine – even the bottle itself – simply ...

The region is home to some of the planet's most noteworthy wine areas from Chianti to Montepulciano. Tuscan wine tours are an "immersive" experience that offer a fascinating insight into the ...

Recently, I sat down with Francesco Ricasoli for a long chat about Chianti, his wines, and his family’s illustrious history. The Chianti district sits in the heart of Tuscany, mainly between ...

I’m talking about an exciting new and evolving category of wines called “Chianti Classico Gran Selezione” that’s already staking a claim to be the ultimate expression of the sangiovese grape.

These Italian reds are superb wines and often excellent values. So why aren’t more people drinking them? By Eric Asimov Chianti Classico wines are better than they have ever been. The best ...

untidy among all the fancy Italian wine bottles, a straw- covered bottle of Chianti. These quaint bottles, called fiascos, graced many thousands of tables in the 1980s, before they started a ...

I had long been a huge fan of Chianti Classico. I still am. It’s one of the world’s most undervalued, underappreciated wines. But until recently I did not often enjoy the Riservas, Chianti ...