As always, this is a classic Dolcetto with nice purity and the guts to handle rustic foods like salami and burgers. As Vinous said of the 2020, The Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco dell'Oriolo is a very pretty, gracious wine built... Read More
Freisa is Nebbiolo’s slightly wilder younger sibling. In youth it’s a bit brash and wild, redolent of wild strawberry and black cherry fruit, dark florals, and tannins just as firm as Nebbiolo if chunkier and more... Read More
Per Food & Wine, there are at least 3 Good Reasons Why Cocchi Rosa Should Always Be in Your Fridge. It's made from Piemonte red wines infused with gentian, citrus peel, and rose petal. It's a terrific change of pace from... Read More
Lower ABV If you don’t know Arneis, then this is the perfect introduction to the white grape of Barolo and the sandier vineyards of the Roero hills next door. And if you do know Arneis and are used to paying $20-$25 for... Read More
Lower ABV We think of Italy’s Piemonte region as giving serious red wine – Barolo and Barbaresco – gutsy daily reds – Barbera and Dolcetto – meant to go with truffles in season and hearty food year... Read More
Freisa is Nebbiolo’s cousin. Where Nebbiolo is tall, dark and seriously handsome, Freisa has an untucked shirt, grass stains on its knees and has clearly been rolling around in flower petals and raspberries because, my goodness,... Read More
My goodness, it’s so good to find ripe and juicy Barbera that isn’t trying too hard! As the third generation of her family to make wine here in Piemonte, Annalisa Bocchino clearly knows the job is to grow good grapes... Read More
Organic/Bio This is organically farmed, native yeast fermented, minimally sulfured, old-vine, seriously good stuff. Already complex and perfumed, what's most striking today is the ripe red berry fruit and super fine tannins.... Read More
Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More
Organic/Bio They say if you want to know how good a Barol/Barbaresco winemaker really is, taste their Dolcetto. A tricky grape to grow and make well and sure to sell for less than Barbera or Nebbiolo, only a meticulous and dedicated... Read More
Organic/Bio From vines in Treiso and Roero, Enrico Nada crafts this widly complex and fascinating white from equal parts Arneis and Sauvignon Blanc. A bit of skin contact gives the wine depth of color and a touch of tannin to... Read More
Lower ABV Eugenio Gatti at La Miraja is an underground hero for his work with Piemonte's Ruche grape, but he clearly makes a terrific Grignolino as well! This many-seeded grape needs a light hand with extraction, which is... Read More
From the oldest known planting of Ruche, a wild, almost exotic, wine starting with aromas of violets, rose petal, iris, cardamon, white pepper and dark red fruit. The flavors deliver just-right ripe cherry/dark berry fruit with... Read More
Erbaluce has been an important white wine grape in northern Piemonte, Italy, since at least the 1600s, although where it comes from, nobody knows. Luigi Ferrando crafts one of the very best examples, letting his fruit ripen beautifully... Read More
Lower ABV You may well remember that the original “recipe” for Tuscany’s Chianti Classico included the famed Sangiovese blended with softer red grapes and a splash of white grapes to balance Sangiovese’s... Read More
One of the most vibrantly delicious Arneis we’ve ever tasted! From the main native white grape of Italy’s Barolo and Roero regions, this succulent 2022 opens with bold aromas of peach, nectarine, white flower and a... Read More
Organic/Bio Although the Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, this release of the Paitin family’s flagship Nebbiolo matches that power with lovely Barbaresco... Read More
Lower ABV From the Picollo family's home village of Rovereto in the heart of the Gavi di Gavi DOCG, this is pretty much the essence of the region’s native white grape, Cortese. Think of this a cool, green, steely Gavi,... Read More
Lower ABV Since 1949, the Picollo family has grown grapes in just one place - the Piemonte's Gavi region - and made just three wines: Gavi, Gavi di Gavi, and a barrel-aged Gavi di Gavi. With that much practice and focus, it's... Read More
As Decanter said last year, “It's not easy at present to find a viticulturist who has started to bottle his own wines. Piercarlo Culasso bottled his first vintage in 2017, but he and his family have managed their vineyards... Read More
Arguably the best Nebbiolo Langhe in the shop right now and certainly the prettiest. Wonderfully light and pure in color and feel, this serves up intense red fruit and rose petal aromas that keep getting stronger with air. Glides... Read More
Organic/Bio Who knew Primitivo could be this…well, good? Wines from the Italian cousin of California’s Zinfandel are usually pruny, loaded with nail polish remover volatile acidity, and/or bursting with leather/horse... Read More
Pora's mineral-rich clay/limestone soils and sunny exposure tends to give wines of muscular power and deep minerality. In sunny 2017, this is one of the most open and satisfyingly fleshy of the Produttori's Riservas.... Read More
Organic/Bio Basarin in dialect means sun-kissed, and this famed vineyard on the border between the zone of Neive and Treiso seldom struggles to achieve full ripeness. But there's a bit of altitude here as well, adding a layer... Read More
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