2024 Italian Red Wine between $10 and $25

This is a terrific introduction to Piemonte Nebbiolo done in a nicely open, ready to drink, style. It's made all in tank with the cap held submerged to give lovely aroma, flavor and color with milder-than-expected tannins.... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV No way you try this blind and guess it sells for <$20. Because it shouldn’t and only does because importer Lia Banville-Tolaini owns the vineyard and winery and uses it to craft this “door... Read More

Lower ABV This San Gimignano producer makes a lovely, light, and delightfully fun to drink Sangiovese. Vinous’s description of the 2020 applies here: “racy and exuberant in the glass. A rush of black cherry fruit,... Read More

Lower ABV Giovanni Giordano was, at best, a “visionary” when he decided to start growing grapes in the very depressed commune of Barbaresco in the 1930s. And his son, Luigi, was close to nuts to start bottling and... 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

Lower ABV “Ti Cuntu” means “I will tell you a story” in dialect, and the goal of this wine is to tell you the story of a place – Vittoria in Ragusa, Sicily – and grape – Frappato, possibly... Read More