Wine of the Day, No. 245

Maremma is the southwestern area of Tuscany that runs along the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Once a swampy backwater known mostly for

cattle-herding and particular breeds of horses ridden by the local "cowboys," Maremma was drained in the 1930s under Mussolini's Battle for the Land program. It's a great region for beaches and resorts and increasingly for…