today enjoy that Italian wines an excellent reputation worldwide, has much to do with the development of Tuscany: step by step approached the region in recent years, the current peak level of. Long gone are the days when Chianti was in Bastfl ash the ultimate. First shimmering stars a new quality appeared already to nearly 50 years ago: 1967 the first Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 1968 Sassicaia on the coast, in the 70s followed Tignanello and other Supertuscans. But it was the 80s brought the big break in Tuscany; the idea of a new quality in the wine was also born as a result of the methanol scandal. Today, Tuscany is considered next to Piedmont as the spearhead of the Italian quality wine production.From the coast to the slopes of the Apennines fi nds vineyards that produce an especially: an improbable immense wealth of musical styles, terroir and especially fine wines.