On Tuscany

Susan Keevil started her life in wine as a ‘cellar rat’ cooling Chardonnays in Australia’s Hunter Valley, none of which prepared her for the world of book publishing back in the UK where she honed her wine knowledge working with Hugh Johnson on six editions of his international best-seller, the Pocket Wine Book. Susan then landed her dream job as editor of Decanter magazine (the path to many worldwide wine adventures) and later became author of the Which? Guide to Wine as well as a regular magazine columnist and contributor. The launch of the Académie du Vin Library in 2019 saw a return to specialist wine books for which Susan is a writer and editor-in-chief.

"The publishers have hit upon a winning formula, with Susan Keevil compiling an informative, eclectic, but always enjoyable, collection of beautifully written pieces from some 30 contributors." - The Sun

• Foreword – David Gleave MW 9Preface – Susan Keevil 131 EARTH, WIND AND ETRUSCANS 14The Wild Winds of Tuscany – Curzio Malaparte 16Etruscan Places – D H Lawrence 20Tuscany Before it Changed – Hugh Johnson 23Bacchus Loves the Hills – Nicolas Belfrage MW 292 SANGIOVESE AND FRIENDS 36Blood of Jove – Jancis Robinson MW and Walter Speller 38The Fortune Changer – Hugh Johnson 42King to Courtier – James Lawrence 46Ciliegiolo, Going Solo – Nicolas Belfrage MW 51Hidden in Plain Sight – Emily O’Hare 563 CHIANTI CLASSICO FOREVER! 64Son of the Earth – Francesco Redi 66Three Chianti Revolutions – Carla Capalbo 69Fate is a Fiasco – Burton Anderson 78Chianti’s Hidden Roads – Bill Nesto MW and Frances Di Savino 82The Fourth Revolution – Sarah Marsh MW 92Chianti Outside Classico – Stephen Hobley 1024 SUPER TUSCAN HIGHWAY 112Luigi Veronelli and the Rise of the Super Tuscans – David Gleave MW 114Super Times – David Gleave MW 121Wine into Words – Jane Anson 130The New Super Tuscan Counterculture – Jane Anson 133Beauty in Bolgheri – Federico Moccia 137THE MOUNTAIN COUSINS 142Hard Scrabble to the Highest Heights – Monty Waldin 144Sorting Myth from Legend – Sophie Thorpe 152The Great Outsider – Neil Beckett 158Wandering and Wondering in Montalcino– Gabriele Gorelli MW and Andrea Lonardi MW 169Third of Three Greats! – Nicolas Belfrage MW 1766 A–Z OF AMAZING TUSCANS 1847 THE MAKERS AND THE MAVERICKS 192The Changing Passions of Lodovico Antinori – Margaret Rand 194800 Years of Fortitude – Fiona Morrison MW 200The Rise of the Consultant Winemakers – Susan Hulme MW 207Bibi Graetz and the Hyper-Tuscans – Adam Lechmere 217Transmitting Origin – Walter Speller 220The Underdogs – Adam Lechmere 2268 FROM GRAPE TO GROVE 230The Sweetest Country in the World – Hester Lynch Piozzi 232High Life to Low Life – Sybille Bedford 234Don’t Bring Bordeaux Into it – Victoria Moore 236River of Goodness – Ruth Rogers 239Celebrating the Tuscan Olive – Elizabeth Berger 242Tuscany’s Sweet Signature – David Gleave MW 251Elegy to an Italian Autumn – Andrew Jefford 259On Tuscany: The Authors and Experts 262Index 266Acknowledgements 272