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  • Brunello di Montalcino bottle with a cracked seal representing the Brunellopoli wine scandal
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    Brunellopoli: When Italy’s Most Trusted Wine Got Caught Cheating

    Brunello di Montalcino has exactly one rule that actually matters. The bottle has to be 100% Sangiovese. No blending, no shortcuts, no quiet exceptions for a rough vintage. It’s arguably the simplest, strictest law in Italian wine, and for decades it’s been the whole reason people trusted the name. In…

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  • Alto Adige white wine with Dolomite vineyards and nine Platinum medals from DWWA 2026
    Italian Wine

    Why Are Alto Adige White Wines So Good?

    Nine Platinum medals. Every single one for white wine. From one of Italy’s smallest wine regions. At some point, that stops being a lucky year. It starts being a pattern. The medals came from the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards, where Alto Adige outperformed every other Italian region or sub-region…

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