Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

Monte Bernardi Chianti – a renaissance

Tuscany is, of course, renaissance territory and, when I visited Monte Bernardi in 2005, the vineyards and winery were undergoing a slow but sure renovation.  Purchased by the Schelmzer family in 2003, the estate had in fact only been making wine since 1992.  Originally owned by the late Stak Aivaliotis, this precocious estate’s wines quickly [...]

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