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Nina Tiefner 19.06.19 Nina Tiefner 19.06.19

June 21: Time for summer - time for rosato!

June 21 is the day of the summer solstice: The longest day and the shortest night of the year! So it's official and official: it's summer! And what would go better with such an important event than a cool glass of rosato? I would think: Niente! How fitting that the fresh rosati have just arrived!

Nina Tiefner 14.06.19 Nina Tiefner 14.06.19

General Assembly of the Consorzio Chianti Classico: Rising sales figures in all Chianti Classico categories

During the General Assembly of the Consorzio Chianti Classico, Giovanni Manetti, President of the Consorzio, presented the members with an interim report on the first five months of the year. And the results are quite impressive!

Nina Tiefner 06.06.19 Nina Tiefner 06.06.19

Nina's has something new from Rignana: the Bianco Toscana!

White wine lovers will be delighted with this news: the 2018 vintage is the first white wine from Fattoria di Rignana! Its name: Bianco Toscana IGT. And as we all know, this is indeed something special, as white wines are rarely produced in Chianti Classico.

Nina Tiefner 10.03.19 Nina Tiefner 10.03.19

Dario Checchini: The butcher in the Netflix series "Chef's Table"

Last year, I wrote two blog posts about my friend Dario Cecchini, his Antica Macelleria Cecchini in Panzano in Chianti, his passion for meat and his restaurants and products. And now Dario is part of the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary series Chef's Table, in which top restaurateurs from all over the world present their innovative kitchen concepts.

Nina Tiefner 14.02.19 Nina Tiefner 14.02.19

Chianti Classico Collection 2019: Spring awakening in Chianti Classico!

At the beginning of this week, the time had come once again in springtime Florence: the Chianti Classico Collection 2019 - the trade fair for Chianti Classico - marked the unofficial start of the new Chianti Classico wine year after the winter break.

Nina Tiefner 30.11.18 Nina Tiefner 30.11.18

Advent time is mulled wine time!

Today it's about one of my favorite topics: Wine, of course - but this time it's the hot version - mulled wine!!! When the days get shorter and the nights are freezing cold and Advent is in the air, it's high time for mulled wine.