Italy

Nose: Naval orange with oily, smoke driven fragrance. Picture walking along the coast line and being offered a light for your cigar by a walking, t...

From the single-vineyard site Cascina Cariola. One of those weird Italian whites that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. This Erbaluc...

The Grosjean brothers have created white wine magic with this little known grape, Petite Arvine. Crisply acidic, with pretty floral notes on the n...

50% Barbera/50% Bonarda (aka Croatina). Named for an old farmhouse in the midst of the vineyard, Macchiona is La Stoppa's flagship red. It is made ...

Real surprise for the price. Ultra alive fruit and earth make this a splendid display of Etna Rosso in it's most humble yet glamorous mode of being.

Big departure here. Getting away from tradition with Cab, Merlot and a little Nero. But so what, it's the end result that matters. This is not supe...

The Favlalunga is 100% Vespolina aged in stainless steel.  Many things to love here but right off the bat, on the nose, you smell Piedmont; what is...

This ancient, but not well known, dark skinned grape, is red intensity. Packed with great acidity and minerality, this wine has character to spare....

Made from the Turbiana grape, a local specialty in Lake Garda, in the Lugana appellation of Lombardy. Aromas of pear, citrus and white spring flowe...

Aglianico is the superstar grape of Southern Italy. Earthy and rich, this wine is a perfect foil for meats and ragus. Red fruits dominate the nose ...

100% Garganega from a minimum of 60-year-old vines planted to volcanic soil. Following strict selection of 100% hand-harvested fruit. Made in a "Su...

One of those cool Italian whites that doesn't really fit in anywhere. The troubled school kid waiting to graduate. It has the high acid, northern I...

From the famous Chianti producer Volpaia comes this IGT Toscana with a similar cepage, more volume and berry depth.

Tie your socks....mono-varietal Nero d'Avola from calcareous and clay vineyards. Succulent and powerful with loads of licorice and spice. The earth...

From the Italian side of the Slovenian border, Nicola Biasi blends Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc after 90 days of skin contact for this wild, af...

Grillo came into existence as a deliberate crossing of Catarratto and Zibibbo in 1873. Showing characteristics of both parent grapes in the best ...

The briny expanse of seafaring life forages a thirst. A viking sized, Tuscan thirst. This isn’t cypress tree-lined Tuscany, but the rugged, overg...

A white wine produced from Grechetto, Malvasia , Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Garganega, in approximately equal proportions, planted in the “Paglia...

From the mysterious Teroldego grape that is seldom seen, often compared to Italy's Syrah equivalent. Gamey, tight, somewhat inky with powerful viol...

50% Barbera/50% Bonarda (aka Croatina). Named for an old farmhouse in the midst of the vineyard, Macchiona is La Stoppa's flagship red. It is made ...

The 2020 Yantra is bright, punchy and full of character. Inky red/purplish fruit, rose petal, spice, mint and new leather are pushed forward. This ...