This the second half of a collection of tasting notes that don't fit into one of Walter's thematic articles. See also Walter's mixed Italians – north. But we also have many more to come in our Italian assemblage.
This picture was taken by Jonathan Reeve of Winesearcher.com from the Hotel dei Capitani in Montalcino last Saturday morning at 6 am. Just after he sent it to me, he sent the picture below captioned Les Amoureuses with the message, 'while I was emailing you, this amorous couple slithered past my table, utterly blind to my presence. Quite a day for...