Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Sub-subregion: AstiWine Varietal: Moscato

The sibling duo of Camilla and  Francesco Scavino founded this small winery in 2014 at the foot of the  medieval castle that towers over the village of Grinzane Cavour.   The name “Bricco Carlina” is a  reference to the...

 let’s also consider Barbera 2.0 !The Odderos have been producing a Barbera d’Asti DOC for many decades but, because they made so little, and because the family was always worried that American consumers would confuse their two Barberas,...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Asti Wine Varietal: Moscato

Tasting Notes:  A wine with hints of cherry and red fruits alternatingwith spicy and sometimes floral hints. A Barbera of excellentstructure and complexity with sweet and velvety tanninsof good persistence

 Pale sunshine yellow color and slight frizzante, this Moscato d'Asti has intense aromas of peaches, rose petals and ginger. On the palate, it is delicately sweet and sparkling with balanced acidity, good complexity and a finish of fresh apricots...

2019 Vietti Barbera d'Asti 'La Crena' 

It must have been tough for the irrepressible Giacomo Bologna back in those early days trying to sell Barbera.  It was a grape variety that sort of fell into the netherworld between the ubiquitous Dolcetto, the cheap wine that everyone drank...

2021 Vite Colle Barbera d'Asti Superiore 'La Luna e I Falo' 

The Vite Colte winery is sort of hard to miss when one drives down Via Alba road from Castiglione Falletto into Barolo. Its sleek, award-winning modern architecture sits amongst the vines right at the fork in the road bisecting the Cannubi vineyard where...

A Light and Lively Red from Piedmont Discover the distinctive character of the 2022 Francesco Rinaldi Grignolino, a light and lively red wine that beautifully captures the essence of Piedmont’s unique terroir. Produced by the...

OK.  This wine, quite honestly, is the kind of value that could drive us out of business.  What I mean is that we would need to sell an awful lot of $12 Barbera to pay our rent here in Dublin.  But a deal is a deal and when one this good...