VINO 2011: Amazing Vernaccias from the Mountain of Little Nests
Vernaccia di San Gimignano has roots way back in history, being cited (as a billion wine-writers repeat) as the favorite wine of Michelangelo. Was it precisely the same Tuscan wine that was awarded, in 1966, the first DOC classification? That we'll never know, since, as far as can be ascertained, Michelangelo never took notes on the wines he drank. The …
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