1.   At the same time, he is a most innovative wine maker, a pioneer who has defined what contemporary Tuscan wines should be.

2.   Adding French grapes to Tuscan wines is fashionable now, but they have been part of Carmignano since the last century.

3.   Chianti is the most famous wine of Tuscany, but the oldest Tuscan wine is from the obscure Carmignano region, just west of Florence.

4.   I sampled two Tuscan red wines while munching on crusty bread and an array of cheeses.

5.   In fact, Chianti and the other Tuscan wines have been plagued again and again in the last decade by excess rain.

6.   Italy has a host of excellent Tuscan wines, including Chiantis.

7.   On a trip to Italy with Dulckeit, the two friends fell in love with the local Tuscan wine.

8.   On this trip, he concentrated on what has become his signature wine, Tignanello a modern interpretation of the best known of all Tuscan wines, Chianti.

9.   Sangiovese, the basis of Chiantis, Brunellos and other Tuscan wines, will grow almost anywhere.

10.   The remarkable success of Tuscan wines in recent years has cast many other great Italian wines into the shadows.