Reporting from Florence, Italy — At a London symposium one chilly night, there was talk of Italian wine and palm trees, warming our winter-weary souls. Then I was handed a glass of pale rosé by an ...

Reporting from Florence, Italy — There’s no bad way to see Italy. I’ve done parts of the country by train, by rental car and on foot, on multiple trips from Florence, Padua and Rome, and it’s never ...

There’s no way to say this without sounding like a smug git, but I’ve holidayed in Italy quite a lot (see – I told you). It’s my parents’ European destination of choice and, as a result, I’ve spent ...

In the cellars of Il Palagio di Panzano wine estate, 20 miles south of Florence, Monia Piccini is clambering energetically up ladders and on top of the wine tanks, swishing and swilling the vino with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Chianti region has long gripped the imagination of travellers, oenophiles and flaneurs, as ...