CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. The Original Chianti

2. The Evolution of Chianti through Bettino Ricasoli: The 1600s to the 1870s

3. The Birth of Chianti Classico and External Chianti: The 1870s to 1945

4. Chianti Classico Enters the Global Market: 1945 to the Present

5. Chianti’s Hidden Roads

6. The Geography of Chianti Classico

7. The Secret of Sangiovese

8. Viticulture in Chianti

9. Enology in Chianti

10. Chianti Classico Winegrowers by Subzone

11. The Medici Code

Afterword

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Works Cited

Index