Most of the traditional wines of Tuscany have the indigenous sangiovese at their centre
Chianti is one of the best-known and possibly most abused names in Italian wine. Older generations will remember the fiasco, a straw-covered bottle that was often repurposed as a candlestick holder or bedside lamp. The quality of the wine was mixed at best.
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