Chianti

Bartali chain-smoked while he biked and drank glass after glass of Chianti the night before a race.

Both are very good Sangiovese based wines from Chianti and both are blended with traditional indigenous varieties.

The summer pick was a Tuscan Chianti, Fontodi Chianti Classico 2006.

You eat at a big round table, with a great long-necked bottle of chianti swung on a balance in the centre.

The valley of the Arno is rich and fertile, bordered by cultivable hills, which produce the famous Chianti wine.

He ordered a small flask of Chianti with the dinner, and it came in its pretty wicker jacket.

They had lunch at Romano's, where Barnes drank a good deal of Chianti and became full of confidence in his future.

Dominique was observed draining a glass of Chianti, and solemnly casting forth the last drops in libation.