I’m doing a tasting that highlights house style from Illuminati in Abruzzo and I’d like to do a comparison with a local version of Montepulciano. Does anyone know of any wineries in California that make a good...

Pair with a mixed green salad for a quick, satisfying meal.

Why a $40 bottle is not better than a $10 bottle.

Not summer whites or summer rosés.

Notes on the Brunello wine scandal.

How to be casual with the vino.

Drink what famous people are drinking, and making.

Go to La Grotta just outside town by the San Biagio church for a great, although a bit pricey, meal. Il Conte Matto in Trequanda (about a 20 min drive) is a hit.. so is La Bandita (Bettolle)... In Montepulciano proper go to...

Get your grubby fingers off.

We had a great lunch in Montepulciano at the Ristorante ai Quattro Venti directly on the main square (Pizza Grande). It’s a very small place with a lot of locals and it was full so we took their only outdoor table and were...

I had a very unforgetful experience with a 1.5L bottle of Citra Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. I could not get the bleeping bottle open. It took me a half an hour with various corkscrews till finally I had to core the cork out...

on eating one dinner at the Locanda dell’Amorosa. I have been reading the message boards and have found the following places: Montepulciano: La Grotta, Acquacheta, and Ristorante ai Quattro Venti Trequanda: Il Conte Matto, Il...

My family and I are going to be in San Quirico d’Orcia (40 km south of Siena) in Tuscany for a week in August. Has anyone been there recently and can recommend restaurants in the area (Siena, Montepulciano, Montalcino,...

Steak with an Australian slant.

This just keeps getting better and better. Decanted for about an hour before drinking. Huge wine, wonderful nose of violets, lilac, and spices. Very balanced, lots of rich berries and currants. Fine tannins, and a long, long...