Chianti lost one of it’s great men this week, Giovanni “Minuccio” Cappelli. I considered him to be the James Beard of Tuscany, wine-maker, restauranteur, bonvivant and the ultimate Oste. Sig. Cappelli ran the Fattoria Montagliari until the a few years ago when he sold, to supposedly retire. His family had had this property for centuries….
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…