Italian Wine Week Continues: Chianti Classico and Chianti Classico Riserva

The Chianti region of Tuscany, as was the case with many vineyard and wine-making areas of Italy, was assailed by the vagaries of reputation in the second half of the 20th Century, mainly of its own doing. Chianti was marketed as a cheap wine for college students and cheap restaurants; the straw "basket" covering didn't help. Growers overplanted their v…