The DOCG rule number 8.2 specifies that only natural closures from a single piece cork (i.e. not micro-agglomerated) are permitted for Brunello.

Recently I submitted to a free consultation for our Instagram profile. I was informed that for a winery there is not nearly enough wine in our feed. Apparently what would really bump us up the algorithm would be more pictures of grapes and failing that glasses of wine every second post. Enough pesky shots of buds and leaves and Montalcino panorama.

19th May 2021; the third time in Giro history that Montalcino gets a look-in… 35km of strade bianche!

Our 2004 Brunello gets reviewed 12 years after release…. and is considered to still have 14 years cellar life ahead of it!

Discover this amazing little farmers’ almanac that has been published in Florence for the last 144 years.

Meet Mario Marconi and his nativity scene, a Montalcino institution spanning decades.