2012 is already an exciting year for Il Palazzone. The cellar is nearly finished and we have two new members in our team. Let me introduce these two SuperTuscans:
Gianni Petricci, or Osso as he is known, has fifteen years… Read the rest Posts tagged as:
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2012 is already an exciting year for Il Palazzone. The cellar is nearly finished and we have two new members in our team. Let me introduce these two SuperTuscans:
Gianni Petricci, or Osso as he is known, has fifteen years… Read the rest 
2011 was a funny old year – there’s no two ways about it.
It’s mid-November now and while the nights are bitterly cold, around midday, temperatures could still pass for summer in some countries.
In the wake of the March… Read the rest 
We’re thrilled to announce that the 2004 Riserva has just been named as one of Wine & Spirits Magazine’s 100 Best Wines of the Year in its Winter 2011 issue, and is tied for Best Brunello!
According to Wine &… Read the rest 
We read in our local paper just the other day that architects are creating “wine cathedrals” for storing and aging wine. Our new cellar, designed by Marco Pignattai, should be finished and ready for use at the end of… Read the rest 
This week we are doing the second cimatura or topping of the vines. We are cutting back the suckers and tendrils in order to reign back the vines’ force and to increase penetration of sunlight to the fruit. Although there… Read the rest 
The age old dilemma of what wine to order when you go to a restaurant as a couple and one of you wants to order steak while the other wants to order fish usually boils down to the same simple… Read the rest 
Summer is officially with us and after the heavy rains that marked the beginning of June, we now have summer heat and balmy evenings, fireflies and nightingales. The grapes are flourishing under the loving surveillance of Marco, Paolo (our enologist) and Massimo… Read the rest 
Last week Marco and our architect, Marco Pignattai, undertook a long drive to the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, a town bizarrely famous for being the home to Italy’s worst drivers. They went to inspect a door for our new cellar.… Read the rest 
Have you checked out our new mobile website yet? While the content is the same as if you accessed the page from your computer, the new design is geared especially towards when you browse the page on your phone, making it… Read the rest 
While our wine has remained traditional in every way, Il Palazzone is a pioneer in embracing technology that allows us to connect more directly with those who enjoy our wines and olive oil. We were the first estate in… Read the rest 
Opus Vino, a magnificent reference book to more than 4,000 of the world’s greatest wineries and their wines, has showcased Il Palazzone as one of their chosen producers…
Opus Vino – Tuscany – Il Palazzone
Happy New Year everyone!
Pruning at Il Palazzone
A couple of Sundays ago decisions were made about the 2006 vintage.
Paolo Vagaggini, our winemaker, hosted us at the lab and then for a follow-up at his beautiful home in Siena. The day started with men in white… Read the rest 
I was thrilled to post as a guest this week on http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/allthingstuscany/tuscanycious
Here is the article, thanks Oriana!
Own an olive tree in Tuscany : medieval meets marketing at Il Palazzone
My husband, Marco, an indigenous Montalcinoman of his context,… Read the rest 
Montalcino, for those who have visited, is CITTA’ DEL MIELE (amongst other things) and we are about to embark on our own honey adventure. At the modest cost of 85 Euros per family, last night our first five families were… Read the rest 
Just over a month ago, a group of Italian producers, spanning the length and breadth of Italy, decided to formalise their on-line connections and “Tweet your Wines” was launched.
This umbrella group encompasses producers of delicious sparkling Franciacorta DOCG www.ilmosnel.it… Read the rest I was so excited to come across Tom Hyland’s recent post on trends from Vinitaly:
http://thylandviews.blogspot.com/2010/04/trends-from-vinitaly.html
Here is the excerpt that mentions Brunello 2005. Our wine has been considered as outstanding and we rubbing shoulders with some wonderful Montalcino producers.… Read the rest 
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