{"product_id":"chianti-classico-the-search-for-tuscanys-noblest-wine-9780520284425","title":"Chianti Classico: The Search for Tuscany's Noblest Wine","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An important new book on Chianti Classico: Winners of the Andr  Simon 2013 award for their book \u003ci\u003eThe World of Sicilian Wine\u003c\/i\u003e, Nesto and Di Savino have produced the investigative, scholarly and detailed book that Chianti Classico has long deserved. Nesto and Di Savino are brilliant historic investigators. . . . A must-read for anyone seriously interested in wine.\"--Walter Speller, \u003ci\u003eJancisRobinson.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book tells the story of the ancient land named Chianti and the modern wine appellation known as Chianti Classico. In 1716, Tuscany's penultimate Medici ruler, Cosimo III, anointed the region of Chianti, along with three smaller areas in the Florentine State, as the world's first legal appellations of origin for wine. In the succeeding centuries, this milestone was all but forgotten. By the late nineteenth century, the name Chianti, rather than signifying this historic region and its celebrated wine, identified a simple Italian red table wine in a straw-covered flask. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the twenty-first century, Chianti Classico emerged as one of Italy's most dynamic and fashionable wine zones. \u003ci\u003eChianti Classico\u003c\/i\u003e relates the fascinating evolution of Chianti as a wine region and reveals its geographic and cultural complexity. Bill Nesto, MW, and Frances Di Savino explore the townships of Chianti Classico and introduce readers to the modern-day winegrowers who are helping to transform the region. The secrets of Sangiovese, the principal vine variety of Chianti, are also revealed as the book unlocks the myths and mysteries of one of Italy's most storied wine regions. The publication of \u003ci\u003eChianti Classico \u003c\/i\u003ecoincides with the three hundredth anniversary of the Medici decree delimiting the region of Chianti on September 24, 1716. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the following awards: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2016 Andr  Simon Food \u0026amp; Drink Book Award: Drink Books Category \u003cbr\u003e 2017 International Organization of Vines and Wine: Jury Award, Monographs \u003cbr\u003e 2017 International World Cookbook Awards: Sustainable, For the Public Category \u003cbr\u003e 2017 Gourmand International World Cookbook Awards: Drink Special Awards Category\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Nesto\u003c\/b\u003e is a Master of Wine and a founder of the Wine Studies Program at Boston University, where he is also a Senior Lecturer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Di Savino\u003c\/b\u003e is an attorney with a background in medieval and Renaissance studies and is Bill's partner in life and on the wine road. Bill and Frances coauthored \u003ci\u003eThe World of Sicilian Wine, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the André Simon Book Award in 2013.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556248916242,"sku":"9780520284425","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d595ce87-7bb3-42c4-b2c6-bbebc50f664d.jpg?v=1731750606","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chianti-classico-the-search-for-tuscanys-noblest-wine-9780520284425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}