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Brunello di Montalcino: Understanding and Appreciating One of Italy’s Greatest Wines
ISBN: 9780520952188
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Wine and wine making -- Italy -- Montalcino;

For fans of Italian wine, few names command the level of respect accorded to Brunello di Montalcino. Expert wine writer Kerin O'Keefe has a deep personal knowledge of Tuscany and its extraordinary wine, and her account is both thoroughly researched and readable. Organized as a guided tour through Montalcino's geography, this essential reference also makes sense of Brunello's complicated history, from its rapid rise to the negative and positive effects of the 2008 grape-blending scandal dubbed "Brunellogate." O'Keefe also provides in-depth profiles of nearly sixty leading producers of Brunello.

Kerin O'Keefe writes about Italian wine for Decanter , The World of Fine Wine , and formerly for Wine News . She is the author of Franco Biondi Santi: The Gentleman of Brunello , a recipient of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award.