For fans of Italian wine, few names command the level of respect accorded to Brunello di Montalcino. Expert wine writer Kerin O'Keefe has a deep personal knowledge of this beautiful [area of Tuscany] and its extraordinary wine, and her account is both thoroughly researched and readable. Organized as a guided tour through Montalcino's [complex] geography, divided into distinctive subzones, this essential reference also makes sense of Brunello's complicated history, from its rapid rise to the negative and positive effects of the 2008 [grape-blending] scandal dubbed "Brunellogate." O'Keefe also provides in-depth profiles of nearly sixty leading producers of Brunello. Informative and with the author's love of her subject evident throughout, Brunello di Montalcino is as unique and important as the wine it chronicles.