No new post from me today but instead, links to a couple of pages reviewing and talking about Italian wine. I read both of these guys blogs regularly and, if you love Italian wine, recommend you do too. Tom Hyland at Learn Italian Wines puts Grattamacco 2008 (just arrived here) into his top wines of the year [...]

After a turbulent flight and a very Italian ‘disorganised queue’ at customs, there’s only one way to get over jet lag – bright Tuscan sunshine and a great lunch at Colle Massari in Montecucco, tasting an impressive new set of vintages from Colle Massari and Grattamacco.   And check out their 900 year old olive tree. [...]