Grape clones
The Best Sangiovese May Be A Forgotten One
Alessandro came to the vineyard barefoot and walked up and down the rows of decades-old vines with me, tasting grapes, munching and then spitting out
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Grape harvest
Sangiovese’s Signature
How a Forgotten Bottle of 1978 Inspired a New Approach to Sangiovese Talk about an awkward moment. It was 2009, and I had just started
Barrel aging
Is Barrel Aging Still the Gold Standard for Top Wines?
Tasting barrel after barrel of wine in the cellars of the Côte de Nuits in the late 2000s catalysed my understanding of wine. How could
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Shedding Traditions for a Clearer Expression of Tuscany
Yesterday, I went to pay for grapes I had bought during this year’s harvest—grapes that, in other years, I have made into some of my
Fanciulle Style
Through Françoise, a geologist I worked with when I started Fanciulle, I met Rémy, the oenologist for some of the finest wine estates in the
Grape harvest
Balancing Act
Since the 2022 wines finished fermenting in October of that year, and I first tasted them, they have seemed different. As always, the grapes were
A Glass at Home: Caitlin Macy
The following is the first in an occasional series visiting Fanciulle wine in the homes of the people who drink it. Who: Caitlin Macy, sister
Grape harvest
Highlights of Harvest 2023
After much-needed spring rains, the threat of disease loomed over the early part of the growing season, requiring the judicious use of copper to protect
Old vines
Meet the Winemaker
Excerpts from a recent interview with Jem Macy, Founder of and Winemaker at Fanciulle Vini WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? I grew up in Groton, Massachusetts,
Grape clones
Does It Matter?
Alessandro came to the vineyard barefoot and walked up and down the rows of decades-old vines with me, tasting grapes the way the pros do,