Even the fiasco has enjoyed a modest revival. For the opening of Tosca Cafe, wine director Ceri Smith persuaded the quality producer Monteraponi to bottle its Chianti in the squat traditional bottle.

In the past, Chianti's reputation was scuttled by bottles bulked up with cheap white grapes. Now, the 25 percent of "other" grapes allowed is frequently Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot as often as ...

My favorite wines of the outlying Chianti regions combine the sangiovese with assistance-level amounts of the other traditional grapes to provide inimitable snapshots of the region’s true nature.

Oceans of Chianti, poured from fiasci — those bulbous, bottom-heavy bottles sheathed in straw — were part of the pastiche. And yet who among you remembers what those Chiantis tasted like?

The black roosters’ nest has grown. The gallo negro has long represented Chianti Classico, the traditional Chianti region as outlined by Grand Duke Cosimo III de’Medici in 1718. Within the ...

Here’s a dinner plan: Start by opening a bottle of Montenidoli Chianti and letting it air — decanted, if possible. Then enjoy a Pampelonne wine cocktail while you cook. When you begin to eat ...

Il Tarocco is a singularly great expression of the traditional Chianti wine, but with serious pedigree and excellent quality in the bottle.

So, what gives with all of these dark, opaque Chianti Classico riservas? That was the question before the wine panel as we tasted 20 bottles from recent vintages. Florence Fabricant and I were ...

If your only introduction to Chianti is that shelf full of basket-covered bottles called fiascos you find in red and white checkered tablecloth trattorias, it's time to take a little armchair ...

While the traditional Chianti producers were spending the last 50 years preserving their cultural heritage, some of them decided to go the other way and buck the rules totally.

While the traditional Chianti producers were spending the last 50 years preserving their cultural heritage, some of them decided to go the other way and buck the rules totally. In the process ...