As master mapmaker Alessandro Masnaghetti created the new map of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, he had to navigate around a lot more than vineyard posts and winery gates.

What is Montepulciano wine similar to? Montepulciano is often compared to its fellow Italian wine, Sangiovese. Both are Italian in origin, of course, but the parallels don’t stop there.

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is one of Tuscany’s most historic red wines, but somewhere over the last 50 or 60 years, its image took a tumble.