Poor Chianti. It has been a punch line since well before Hannibal Lecter. The straw-covered fiaschi of the 1960s, receptacles for many a candle, became symbols of shame as Italian wine sought respect.

Florence, Italy — When Alessandro Santori took out the fiasco of Chianti, that round bottle cradled in a sheath of straw, I braced myself for the worst. Tuscany was in the grip of winter, and my ...

View on hamlet Fonterutoli on sunset. It is old bastion of Castellina in Chianti in province of Siena. Tuscany. Italy. Chianti conjures up many images, from Anthony Hopkin’s enigmatic portrayal of ...