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
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With its higher altitude and inland location, Matelica gives zestier, more pointed, wines than bigger Caselli di Jesi. This is a classic with sharp acids making the ripe green apple and stone fruit flavors really sing... 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
Organic/Bio Lugana sits on the southern shore of Lake Garda and celebrates the Turbiana grape, a cousin to Verdicchio. Like here, the wine can be a bit delicate while young, showing crisp apple, gentle white peach and soft lemon... 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
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
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/BioLower 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/BioLower 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
Lower ABV The “Superiore” version of this popular Italian white cranks up the intensity and complexity a lot! As Vinous said of the 2022: “Crispy and clear like a whiff of mountain air. This is round and soothing,... Read More
There's more to Roman wine than crisp, neutral, Frascati! Here's a traditional Roma blend of Malvasia Puntinata, Bellone, Chardonnay and Verdicchio full of savory complexity. Vinous describes it well: nuanced in the glass... Read More
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Trebbiano doesn’t get much respect, but grow it organically, at very low yields (25% under the legal limit) in a stunning national park near the Abruzzo coast and something very special happens. This... Read More
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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
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