The Magpie's Guide to Montalcino

Rezensionen / Stimmen

The book is a dip-in-and-out treasure trove of factlets, informative tidbits, and compelling rabbithole dives into one of the most magical wine-making towns in the world. It's written with the authority of the two-decade CEO of a winery, the style of a literature graduate, and the humour of a Scot. My kind of wine reading.

Joe Fattorini * British wine expert, writer, radio and TV presenter [The Wine Show (ITV), Drinking with Joe and Maya (Pluto TV)]


Just try to dip into this exquisite book. I challenge you to put it back down without arriving somewhere late in the alphabet or online searching for flight times to Tuscany. Like popping over to a great friend for coffee and then rolling home, feeling extremely fine after martinis somewhere around 19:00, the tone is so engaging, you get filled in on EVERYTHING! All the essentials are here, but the extras are what make this book shine - effortless and smart without being smug, laugh-out-loud funny in parts (when have you ever done that reading a dictionary??!). I didn't know guide books could be like this!

Emily O'Hare * Decanter Tuscan Wine Specialist