Italian Wine between $50 and $75

Usually when you see 100% Sagrantino, you are in for a tannic ride; however the team at Cantine Fratelli Pardi have managed to make their Sagrantino into an elegant work of art. Moving from stainless steel to Austrian oak cask... Read More

Lower ABV Founded in 1908, forty families contribute the fruit from their tiny plots of Nebbiolo to this very traditional co-op winery in northern Piedmont. The bright, fresh, fruit ferments and macerates 30 days with native yeast... Read More

From the masters of Alto Adige’s traditional “Terlaner” blend – Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and a little Sauvignon Blanc – this is one of Italy’s benchmark whites. It’s from the co-op’s... Read More

Organic/Bio Since its debut in the 2003 vintage, Ciacci’s Brunello “Normale” has established itself as one of Montalcino’s greatest values – and finest wines! The fruit for this bottling comes from... Read More

Organic/Bio A traditional, richer, Vin Santo that Vinous describes well in the 90 point review, Rum-soaked raisins combine with cedar spice box, clove and candied apples as the 2009 Vin Santo del Chianti emerges from the glass.... Read More

Taurasi is probably the most important Italian red wine you almost never (just “never”?) drink. When people call Aglianico the “Barolo of the South,” they’re thinking of what Campania’s top... Read More

A delicious and classic Vino Nobilee, pumping out big Sangiovese black cherry and balsamic notes with a capitvating blend of richness, power and elegance. As Vinous wrote in their review, Opens in the glass with a rich blend of... Read More

An “important” wine that delivers fully on its potential and price in 2023. For 50+ years, Jermann has been the benchmark for Friuli Venezia Giulia whites from the traditional Pinot Grigio to the pathbreaking Dreams... Read More

One of the great stories in Alto Piemonte as new owners purchased a semi-abandoned Nebbiolo vineyard in 2004 and nursed it back to life. This 2016 is ready to roar. As Vinous says in the 95 point rave, “The 2016 Bramaterra... Read More

Organic/Bio Barbaresco's Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, and here Paitin captures that power and tames it with a layer of finesses. From certified... Read More

Organic/Bio This is from a tiny, tiny, plot of vines Andrea Franchetti planted in the Passochianche contrada around 3,000 feet done in large oak. Maybe “Puligny Montrachet meets the Santa Cruz Mountains” suggests the... Read More

Nicola Argamante was born in Tuscany, grew up in Piemonte, and was a well respected consulting winemaker there for years before he and his wife, Loredana, founded their own winery. Over 30 acres of vines, they make around 7,000... Read More

Organic/Bio Aglianico is Campania’s most important red grape and examples from the Taurasi region show so much power, intensity, and cellar potential they’ve come to be called “the Barolo of the south.”... Read More

This big, dark, extracted Brunello that's still showing a bit of spice from it's 24 months in small, mostly new, French oak. And you should probably wait a year or two before digging in...but, wow! Is it ever impressive... Read More

Sure, let’s sell a $60 wine from a place most don’t know and a winery NO ONE has ever heard of! But it’s just so very, very, good. The place is Valtellina in the Alpine mountains of northern Lombardy, the grape... Read More

Organic/Bio With San Lorenzo, one of Terre Nere’s three Grande Terroir Ellittico wines, so designated because of their very rare and pure volcanic sand soils from the Ellittico eruptions dating from 15,000 to 60,000 years... Read More

Organic/Bio A new wine from Terre Nere, this celebrates the first harvest Marc de Grazia took from this Grand Cru vineyard in 2002 by pulling grapes from his first new vine planting there. Planted in 2006 and 2007, these vines... Read More

We ran across a post on the web asking, “Villa Papiano’s Terra Bitter Bianco: the best Italian bitter?” Seems probable to us! It’s wildly aromatic and flavorful, with plenty of wormwood bite matched by... Read More