$18.99, CASE PRICE $204/$17 per bottle My trip to Le Marches on the Adriatic Coast of Italy last year proved to be very instructive.  Along with a deep love for this mercifully-less-touristed area, I came away with a wonderful appreciation of the...

PRIMA Vini Notes: Aromatic and really fresh in spite of its obvious plushness and weight, it’s a full-throttle Chianti packed with Sangiovese’s particular personality. Ready to go now, it’s remarkably deep, balanced and will be perfect alongside all...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Tuscany Wine Varietal: Sangiovese It’s not like it’s hard to find a nice bottle of Chianti Classico out there.  There are plenty these days from which to choose.  But once in a while one comes...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: TuscanyWine Sub-subregion: Super TuscanBin Location: F2

Free ground shipping on 6 bottles or more Le Cinciole isn’t one of those Chianti producers with centuries of history, but in just a few decades (their first harvest was 1991) they’ve ascended about as high in reputation as about anyone in...

Launched in 2005, Mongrana has become one of Tuscany’s most dependable values. It’s a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petit Verdot, aged 12 months in small oak...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Tuscany Wine Varietal: Vernaccia Anyone who has been to the beautiful medieval Tuscan town of San Gimignano knows that everywhere you turn on the winding path to the top of the city, there’s an enoteca selling...

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, the 2019 vintage in Montalcino is continuing to produce some amazing wines! We’ve been impressed across the board but have been, nonetheless, buying them selectively, looking for wines that show more than just raw...

This is an important Brunello arrival- to quote critic Kerin O’Keefe, it’s one of the best wines of the vintage!  2020 Baricci Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli $104.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles or more When it comes to...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: TuscanyWine Sub-subregion: MontalcinoWine Varietal: SangioveseBin Location: E4

The modern history of this iconic Chianti producer with the Etruscan name goes back only 50 years, but what a 50 years it has been!  This ancient estate high at the top of Gaiole was rejuvenated in the early 1970s by one John Dunkley, who famously...

Coming on the heels of the Ciacci offer last week, comes the wonderful benchmarks from Altesino. While Ciacci rules the southern part of the appellation, Altesino’s Montosoli vineyard is the icon of the north. These are beautiful, elegant offerings...

Featuring a wine from Tenuta Bibbiano, located in Castellina in Chianti, is a real flash from the past for me. This well-known estate, one of the oldest in Tuscany, was part of the wine portfolio that our company imported and distributed when I was just...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Lombardy Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo

Coltibuono’s Cetamura nails what everyday Tuscan wine should be: honest, juicy and vibrant. With bright cherry, gentle herbs and a whiff of terracotta, it’s pure Sangiovese joy straight from the hills of Gaiole. A brilliant pizza and pasta...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: AbruzzoBin Location: G1-3

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: TuscanyWine Sub-subregion: MontalcinoWine Varietal: SangioveseBin Location: A6

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: TuscanyWine Sub-subregion: MontalcinoWine Varietal: SangioveseBin Location: enoteca top

Coming on the heels of the Ciacci offer last week, comes the wonderful benchmarks from Altesino. While Ciacci rules the southern part of the appellation, Altesino’s Montosoli vineyard is the icon of the north. These are beautiful, elegant offerings...

"Wild roses and wild strawberries, the nose has a lovely fragrance and expression. Lifted and bright, this has such a beautiful delicacy to it, a creamy, chalkiness comes from the fine tannins with bright, succulent strawberry and raspberry leaf elements...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: AbruzzoBin Location: A12-13

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: AbruzzoBin Location: F14-15

From La Poderina, one of the best producers of Brunello di Montalcino comes a wine that is, most emphatically, not Brunello.  For one thing, the delicious savory Sangiovese in this wine is blended with 20% of the Bordelaise grape Petit Verdot, an...

From the heart of Panzano-in-Chianti’s Conca d’Oro, the sun-bathed amphitheater in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, comes this bellwether of the Super Tuscan movement, Petresco. Made since the early 1990s, this has been one of...

Since so many of you asked about what Pacenti 2020 Brunellos would be available, I’ve put together a modest offer of three new arrivals including the Vecchie Vigne (old vines) cuvee, the bellwether Brunello Pelagrilli and a few precious cases of...

PRICE $44.99, CASE PRICE $480/$40 per bottle When it comes to vineyard aristocracy in Montalcino, a few places really stand out and those planted atop and around Montosoli Hill are perhaps the crème de la crème of the appellation...

Authentic, artisanal wines, no matter where they come from and what they cost, should be evocative.  They should trigger something emotional inside the drinker, a memory of a place, or a smell, or a person.  When we opened a bottle of...

Vernaccia is one of those wines often best enjoyed in situ, i.e. sitting outdoors at an trattoria underneath one of San Gimignano’s infamous towers and watching the tourists go by as you enjoy your Panzanella. It tends toward lightness...