From 20-year-old bush-trained vines at 200 meters above sea level, the 2024 Audarya Monica di Sardegna is a vibrant, medium-bodied red that bursts with notes of raspberry, blood orange, and violets,... Read More
Cantine Massara di Gian Carlo Burlotto Barolo del Comune di Verduno 2019
Sourced from three key Verduno sites—Massara, Neirane, and Castagni—this Barolo achieves the perfect balance of aromatic lift, depth, and structure.... Read More
Mario Fontana began his winery with just 4 hectares of vines in 1995 acquired through inheritance. Mario has taken that bit of good fortune and made wines that are so much great than the... Read More
Castello di Volpaia Maremma Riserva "Castelprile" 2019
Not only is this a tremendous offering but the vintage is also an all-time classic. The clay and sandy soils give the vitality to the south facing vines planted at 150 meters... Read More
Chiara Condello is a young winemaker from the town of Predappio in Romagna, Italy. Chiara works in her own way, with her own vineyards and her own cellar. Her first vintage was... Read More
One of the lesser-known grapes of Piedmont, Dolcetto usually produces soft, fruity and early maturing wines. The best come from around Alba, as does this one from De Forville, a family that... Read More
The 2021 Casa Mate is amazing for its freshness and vivacity coupled with the brooding structure lurking below. Waves of black and blue fruits, leather, lit cigar, maitaake and cardamom... Read More
Since 1987, the Pasquale family has been producing organic estate wines under the Fatalone label. Their Teres Primitivo is a light, fresh red made from the free-run must of Racemi, the second budding... Read More
Intense garnet red, limpid and dense. Pronounced spices and ripe red berries on the nose. Fine notes of violet, berries, and vanilla. Enveloping on the palate, alcoholic mouthfeel, pleasant... Read More
The Barolo classic from Brovia captured the best the 2020 vintage had to offer with supple tannins and a very drink-sooner style to it. The fact that this wine represents a combination of all the various great... Read More
Le Vigne di Zamò is a family owned winery located in Manzano, one of the most renewed winegrowing areas in Friuli Venezia Giulia. They are one of the few wineries in this area with 40%... Read More
Hard to fathom a better Nebbiolo value that this stunner from Giordano. 100% Nebbiolo from 40+ year old vines located just below the tower in Barbaresco, this is great terroir. Others who... Read More
Hard to fathom a better Nebbiolo value that this stunner from Giordano. 100% Nebbiolo from 40+ year old vines located just below the tower in Barbaresco, this is great terroir. Others who... Read More
Lunae Ciliegiolo Liguria di Levante Rosso IGT 2023
From steeply sloped vines in Liguria comes this indigenous vartietal of the area that is rarely seen here in the US. But damn if it didn't leave a helluva impresson on me!... Read More