Chianti

Probably next to Barolo, Chianti is one of the best-known Italian wines. Tuscany has produced this wine for many centuries, the Frescobaldi and Antinori companies can both count more than 600 years of wine-making tradition. In all this time the wine has been made using Sangiovese and Canaiolo Nero grapes. In the last century Chianti underwent quite a complicated procedure, secured by Government decrees, to safeguard the quality and the good name. The time of finding a red liquid in the traditional raffia-covered fiasco is generally long gone, although some companies are still bottling the improved modern Chianti in these typical bottles, which used to decorate the walls of Italian restaurants all over the world. The better Chianti is now put in normal bottles, and they can carry the DOCG status only if they correspond to the tough and complicated legislation.