Book: “Too Much Tuscan Wine”, by Dario Castagno
Posted By Joel on July 10, 2009
Too Much Tuscan Wine, A Book by Dario Castagno with Robert Rodi
I’ve written before that, in my opinion, it is impossible to understand Italian wine without an awareness of the people, place, and culture that created it. But where does one find this magic? Unfortunately, I can name too many popular places where you cannot find it; but among the places you can, I suggest a copy of Too Much Tuscan Wine by Dario Castagno.
I don’t wish to focus on Dario “factoids” here - from what I can tell, neither would he want us to - so I’ll let you research Dario on your own.
In his book Too Much Tuscan Wine, Dario paints in prose a Tuscan countryside of picturesque beauty where the culture and tradition of wine figures prominently as a cast of sometimes quirky characters happily carry out life. Against the background of Dario writing a new book manuscript proposed by an intriguing editor named Mia, you’ll be charmed by real life stories that are oftentimes fueled by…well, too much wine.., and written with such a sense of place that it will have you thinking that if you press your ear to the Chianti ground you may hear the heart of Dario Castagno beating just below.
Fans of Tuscany and its wines will especially appreciate the many locally flavored anecdotes and maxims about wine found between the pages of Too Much Tuscan Wine, although any wine lover, of Italy or otherwise, will be enlightened and inspired by the insights the wine proverbs plentifully bestrewn throughout the book provide. It’s a perspective on wine I’d recommend not to miss 
Title: Too Much Tuscan Wine
Author: Dario Castagno
ISBN: 978-88-901102-4-5
About the author
Joel
Joel Mack has worked for a celebrated importer / distributor of Italian wines and continues to study the wines and winemaking of Italy. He has advised many restaurants in making their Italian wine list selections and has provided training to restaurant staff. Today, Joel conducts wine classes and leads specialized private and corporate tastings of Italian wines. Joel carried out his higher education at a highly regarded College of Music and continues to extend an artistic point of view to Italian wine, balanced with factual information about wine, its nature and identity. By day, he applies his time to collaborative software technology. Joel can be contacted at joel@vintrospective.com.Comments
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Ciao Joel
Just browsing through the web I happened to find your blog and I indeed herein wish to thank you for having praised my third book Too Much Tuscan WIne. I shall be happy sending you a dvd as a gift
Ciao
Dario Castagno
Dario, ciao, thank you for your comment. And congratulations on Too Much Tuscan Wine, a wonderful read ! Would love to receive your DVD, I’ll send address details to you via email. Ciao for now
Best, Joel.