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Vistarenni, Estate of the Day

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Ever dreamed of making Chianti in Tuscany? Here's your chance. Vistarenni is a 17th Century villa built on Etruscan ruins of a pre-existing village in the hills of the Chianti region of Tuscany. The 296-acre property is situated between the towns of Gaiole and Radda. This historical, Renaissance property was bought by the wealthy and powerful Florentine Strozzi family in the 19th Century. The main villa includes over 21,528 square feet of living space, with large reception rooms, 13 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms and its prime spot offers views of the countryside. This is the real deal, the home includes cotto tile floors, beamed and frescoed ceilings, vaults, gray stone fireplaces and walls that just seem to breathe history. The basement of the villa is a huge wine cellar excavated out from the rock, providing a great wine cellar for aging prized Chianti. Also on the property there are a 16th Century chapel and a restored 16th Century farmhouse with six bedrooms and three bathrooms, a tennis court and a swimming pool overlooking the Tuscan hills. Part of the land is 29 acres of Chianti Classico San Giovese vineyards producing top quality wine which is produced and bottled on the property. Buy the estate and you get the wine label too. There are also 10 acres of olive groves. Wine, olives, history and all under the Tuscan sun. This home is listed at $21.785 million.

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Chianti Classico Producers To Hold Back Some Wine

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The winemaking members of the Chianti Classico Consorzio in Italy are responding to falling wine prices. Decanter reports that wineries in Chianti Classico have agreed to a 'blocco delle vendite' and will hold back 20 percent of the wine produced from this year's harvest for at least two years. The decision was prompted by the general state of the wine industry rather than anything specific going on in the region. This is the first time the region has tried this experiment. Many of the wineries produce Riserva wines which need an additional two years of aging anyway but others are hoping that by pulling back part of their wine they will be able for force a bit of demand and prevent plummeting prices. Chianti isn't the first region to have this idea. Back in April, one of the biggest Champagne producers called for a major reduction in harvesting. So far though I haven't seen any official announcements from the members of the Champagne growers group on potential harvest reduction.

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Sopranos Wine

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The HBO show may be long over but the branding power of "The Sopranos" lives on. A new Sopranos branded wine group has been launched featuring Italian wines from several different wineries in Italy including several Tuscan labels. The wines include a Chianti D.O.C.G., Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Noir and are already on sale through Mondo Wine online priced from $14.99 to $33.99. There will be a multimedia national campaign for the wine which will start in New York and expand coast-to-coast throughout the fall and holiday season.

[via Wine Spirits Daily]

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Yoko Ono Designs A Wine Bottle

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What do Yoko Ono and Prince Charles have in common? They have both created a wine label. Prince Charles has a painting on a Mouton Rothschild bottle and now Yoko Ono is the 25th artist to create a label for the Nittardi winery. The label is for a Chianti made from 97 percent Sangiovese grape and three percent local Canaiolo grape. Ono's design is a a dotted ink drawing called "Imagine you," which depicts bottles and glasses.The wine sells for $29. At least Yoko appears to be a better designer than she is a singer.

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