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...

A classic Vin Santo from Malvasia and Trebbiano, dried and aged in small caratelli for extended periods. Concentrated and structured, with dried fig, honey, toasted nuts, and a persistent, oxidative finish. Best with biscotti, blue cheese, or simply on...

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...

Fermented cool, aged in steel tank and bottled without any fining, filtration or other messing around, this Chinon is not overthought or overwrought; instead, its simplicity results in a level of purity and character over which lovers of Cabernet Franc...

Regular Price $19.99, Case Price (12+ bottles) $17.99 Out on the cool Margaret River, Shiraz grapes don’t reach the prodigious levels of ripeness possible further east in appellations like the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Though still at a...

Named BEST BUY by Jeff Porter of Wine Enthusiast Ian D'Agata, 92 points: Medium red. Clean and fresh aromas of herbs, licorice, tea, and red fruit have a strong Sangiovese-like quality. Then also nicely penetrating in the mouth, with red berry and...

Buy 12 or more and pay only $26.00 each, shipping included All located within a few kilometers of each other in A Monti in Gaiole-in-Chianti, San Giusto a Rentennano, Il Palazzino, Badia a Coltibuono and Rocca di Montegrossi form a quartet of...

Free ground shipping on 6+ bottles The 2023 Chianti Classico, coming as it does from a much cooler harvest than the 2022, is beautifully done: dark and heady with obvious aromatic lift and lots of stuffing. It highlights the more svelte, pure...

45% Aragonez, 45% Alicante Bouschet, 10% Syrah Portugal continues to be one of the great hunting grounds for wines that wildly overdeliver, and this Alentejo red is exactly the kind of bottle we love to find—and share! A blend built around...

With a cellar in the hamlet of Annunziata, the Bovios have long farmed some of La Morra’s best vineyards for Nebbiolo including Arborina (next to Elio Altare), Rocchettevino and, perhaps best, an impressive (but small) holding in Gattera, the...

Nero d’Avola, a red wine variety that is planted throughout the southern regions of Italy and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, has the potential to be a ‘superstar’ among grape types, with a noble character that challenges Syrah and...