In the 1970s a handful of Tuscan aristocrats decided to break their own country’s wine laws — and made wines so good that Italy eventually rewrote the rules around them. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified There is a version of the
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A poet crowned it the king of all wines, and popes drank it by name. But its true story begins with a confusion that still trips up drinkers three centuries later. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified In the hills of southeastern
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A pope was born in a humble village, and when he rose to the throne of St. Peter he did something no one had done before: he tore the village down and built, in its place, the first “ideal city” of the Renaissance. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked
Italians have welcomed travelers to the table for millennia. But the modern idea of touring a country by its vineyards — open cellars, wine roads, farm stays — is surprisingly recent, and Italy built it almost from scratch. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI
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Cypress-lined roads, hilltop villages, and Sangiovese in every glass — the Chianti hills between Florence and Siena are the postcard image of Tuscany, and a joy to explore at your own pace. KWWritten & edited by Ken Wytsma, Wine History ToursWine & history tour hosts Chianti is the rolling heart of Tuscany, spread across the
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Rolling hills stitched with cypress and vine, hilltop towns that have not changed in five centuries, and in every glass a piece of history. This is how to see the wine country of Tuscany. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified If there
To travel for wine is to travel through history. From monk-built terraces to volcanic coasts, these are the destinations where the story of the vine is written most vividly into the land. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified Wine is never only
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Tuscany is where wine and art grew up together. For three thousand years — from the Etruscans to the Super Tuscans — these hills have made some of the world’s most beloved reds, almost all from a single grape. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with
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One man, one grape, one hilltop town — and a wine so age-worthy that century-old bottles are still alive. This is the story of Brunello di Montalcino, Italy’s most patient masterpiece. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI assistance.✓ Verified On a steep hill in
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