2024 Italian White Wine

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This wine is ridiculously good and if you let the low price convince you otherwise…well, just don’t. It’s pretty wild in aroma, flavor and feel, with bold Key lime and stone fruit at the... Read More

As Wine Advocate said in their 93 point review of the 2021: Here's a wine to stock in your refrigerator for easy access when needed. It’s full of crunchy fruit and stone aromas and flavors with a bit of dried lemon and... Read More

Always one of our favorite Pinot Grigio’s for it's compelling blend of depth, richness, vibrancy and cut. It’s grown by the 143 member/farmers of the Terlano cooperative winery (founded 1893!), each paying lots... Read More

Bellone was the dominant grape of this hills and valleys of Lazio, the region around Rome, in antiquity, made into a strong, sweet, nutty-brown wine consumed Roman elites at day-long symposia. After phylloxera, it was nearly wiped... Read More

Lower ABV Chased out of post-phylloxera vineyards by higher-yielding Trebbiano, Pecorino was thought to be extinct until a few very old vines were discovered in the mid-1980s. Today it's arguably the flagship white of Italy's... 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 The kind of excellent value in all-purpose, clean, fresh, and delicious Pinot Grigio that's getting harder and harder to find. Importer Lia Tolaini-Banville sources fruit from across the Veneto and ferments it cool... Read More

Lower ABV The Falerio DOC sits at the southern end of the Marche, on Italy's Adriatic coast just East of Umbria. The relatively new DOC was created in 1975 to promote the region's two best white wine grapes - Passerina... Read More

Pecorino was the dominant white grape in the Marche for hundreds of years before it dwindled post-phylloxera in favor of more productive vines. Thought to be extinct, a few plants were rediscovered in the 1980s and today it's... Read More

With Greco and Fiano, Falanghina is one the old Greek grapes that still makes the finest wines of Campania, just inland of Naples, Italy. Especially on the powdery volcanic soils of Sannio, where Libero Rillo and his family have... Read More

Organic/Bio There’s a reason that ever since we introduced you to this wine in 2012, it’s been the best-selling Pinot Grigio in the shop every single year. Bolzano’s Kaltern co-op winery’s growers tend... Read More

Lower ABV The Greeks brought Falanghina to the area around Naples and the Romans prized it for its blend of ripe fruit flavors and zesty acidity. From vines near the sea it gives something salty crisp, almost Albarino-like. From... Read More

Lower ABV Coming from vineyards sites nearing 300 meters above sea level, this 100% Garganega shows both sophistication and an ease of drinking. An engaging aroma of apricot, peach, wild flowers, and subtle hints of exotic fruits... Read More

Organic/Bio At just 39 years of age, this was Riccardo Baldi’s 21st commercial vintage, and it’s pretty clear from this that practice has very much made perfection. From 100% organic grapes fermented in tank and bottled... Read More

Lower ABV Hanging out at a lakeside Trattoria enjoying fish straight from Italy’s Lake Garda, this is what you drink – Laguna Bianco. Ottella makes a fine example from the local grape, Turbiano (a relative of Trebbiano,... Read More

** Wine Arrives Monday, February 9th**

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.... 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

A lip-smacking, fresh and distinctive white from the rocky soils of Italy’s Sardinia that will certainly shine with seafood and makes a great cocktail white, too! This edition celebrate’s enologist Giampaolo Parpinello's... Read More

Lower ABV We’ve been impressed by the Fioroni family’s last few Vernaccia releases, but the just arrived 2017 takes the deliciousness to new heights even as the price goes down! Since at least 1276, Tuscany’s... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The first wine on the table to be empty. That's what the Serfa collaboration of a group of organic grape growers and I Clivi winery is all about. The very old Ribolla Gialla grape found from Friuli to... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV From the slopes of Mt Vesuvius, you’ll love how this blend of Caprettone, Falanghina and Greco delivers a salty, citrusy feel, all the way through a savory, mineral finish. As WE says in the 90 point... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV When Marc de Grazia began purchasing old vineyards on Mt Etna, he quickly discovered that old-school farmers always includes about 3-7% white grapes in the field. In 2005, he picked all the white grapes before... Read More

Pinot Grigio made in the old style, sometimes called “Ramato” or “copper” in Italian. The light purple-pink skins of Pinot Gris are crushed and allowed to soak in the juice, extracting a shimmering pink/copper... Read More

Lower ABV The Verdicchio grape emerged long ago in the Veneto near Verona and moved south into the Marche sometime in the 13th or 14th centuries. Called Trebbiano di Soave in the Veneto, the greenish hue of wines grown in Marche... Read More