Fanciulle Vini

09/10/2026

Nowhere to age this w**e.

30/09/2026

Then he asked me where I made w**e.
“Tuscany,” I said.
And his face fell.

23/09/2026

Mediocre. That’s right. Not every vineyard is exceptional. Here in Tuscany we are still in the early stages of classifying vineyard land.

30/07/2026

Cork trees. I don’t think I’d ever seen one. Just beautiful. In fact, removing their bark/cork is not good for them at all—we’ve just been told that by cork farms. Not sure where that leaves me as a farmer/w**e maker/great appreciator of cork corks.

19/07/2026

Not what I expected from an 80-year-old vineyard.

02/06/2026

800 baby grapevines stranded…in the vegetable garden.

14/05/2026

Around here, “fine” is basically a death sentence.

30/04/2026

The joys of gardening. Well, sometimes. Everyone warned me not to plant box hedge. But I love the way it smells! Hence the chemical warfare necessary to keep it green and lush.

15/04/2026

12/04/2026

A w**e I haven’t made in 5 years. Not because I didn’t want to! I usually sell the white grapes that grow in my mostly-Sangiovese vineyard and concentrate on making red w**es. But last September, the Trebbiano looked too good not to keep.