Every wine-focused corner of Tuscany seems to get slotted into a hierarchy sooner or later, and Montepulciano has spent decades sitting just below Montalcino in that pecking order — „the other big red town,“ the one people visit second, after Brunello. That reputation undersells it considerably. Montepulciano produces Vino Nobile, one of only four Tuscan…
Of all the hill towns scattered across Tuscany’s wine country, Montalcino occupies a category of its own. This is not a stop you add to a Chianti day trip almost as an afterthought — it’s a destination in its own right, built almost entirely around a single, exceptional wine: Brunello di Montalcino, widely considered Italy’s…