Chianti lost one of it’s great men this week, Giovanni “Minuccio” Cappelli. I considered him to be the James Beard of Tuscany: a winemaker, restauranteur, bonvivant, and the ultimate Oste. Sig. Cappelli ran the Fattoria Montagliari until a few years ago, when he sold it to supposedly retire. His family had had this property for…
a Day with Dario
I feel very blessed. When I first came to Italy, I met several people with a passion for Tuscany that changed my life. Burton Anderson, wine expert,who’s book on the winemakers and their wines, shows a true love for the people behind the bottle. His later book The Treasures of the Italian Table, did the…