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2022 Paolo Scavino Vino Rosso IGT Piemonte
2022 Paolo Scavino Vino Rosso IGT Piemonte
The 2022 Scavino Vino Rosso, a blend of Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and Merlot, is stunningly good!  It brings all of the gravitas and character of Scavino to the table at a magnificent price!  And it does so with amazing grace and complexity...
$18.99
2020 La Ca' Nova Barbaresco Montefico Vigna Bric Mentina
2020 La Ca' Nova Barbaresco Montefico Vigna Bric Mentina
This small estate with cellars near the town of Neive is about as Old School as it gets.  Although there is a computer, a fax and a telephone in the office these days, there is virtually no other technology in sight.  The old stainless steel...
$54.99
2019 Fattoria Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva
2019 Fattoria Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva
Inventory Arrives 11/28/23 2019 Fattoria Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva Back when I started at PRIMA, some 30 years ago, the so-called new wave of wines from Chianti Classico could be summed up in ‘Three F’s,’ Felsina, Fontodi and...
$36.99
2016 Az. Ag. Giorgio Scarzello Barolo del Comune di Barolo
2016 Az. Ag. Giorgio Scarzello Barolo del Comune di Barolo
Whether I’m travelling in Piemonte speaking with actual people or lurking on various social media sites where the local wine cognoscenti gather, I always have my radar engaged to hear what wines people are most talking about. There are a lot of...
$79.99
2019 Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo ‘Monfalletto’
2019 Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo ‘Monfalletto’
As the 2019 harvest in the Langhe has progressed from harvest, through its winemaking and aging stages and now, to finished products, the vintage’s reputation has done nothing but gain momentum. The winemakers themselves have always been fans...
$69.99
$66.99
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco IGT
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco IGT
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco ‘Orange,’ you groan. ‘Not an orange wine!’ Yes. Drink it. It’s good, and good for you! You told me you wanted to experiment once in a while, and this November is your month to...
$52.99
2004 Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne
2004 Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne
I have, in a glass next to me at my desk, about half a glassful of nineteen-year old Barolo. I have been going back to it every few minutes to check on it and now, after about a half hour since it was poured, it has blossomed into something truly...
$59.99
2021 Li Veli Primitivo 'Orion' Salento IGT
2021 Li Veli Primitivo 'Orion' Salento IGT
I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that Li Veli’s ‘simple’ Primitivo is so good because everything they produce at this address in southern Puglia is amazing but, really, what a stunning wine for under $20!  Dark, earthy and...
$18.99
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
Go east from Piemonte until you can go east no more and you’ll find the ancient and indigenous Friulano grape thriving on either side of Italy’s border with Slovenia.  This fresh, herbal white has all the acidity you need to cut through...
$24.99
$22.50
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Something brand new from Elena Fucci, the ‘First Lady of Aglianico’ of the slopes of Mount Vulture. This dark, earthy cuvee was designed to be consumed a little younger than her monstrously tannic (but very delicious) Titolo, it’s rich,...
$29.99
$24.99
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2022 Capichera 'Lintori' Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
2022 Capichera 'Lintori' Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Capichera is one of the most important addresses in the Gallura appellation in the far north of Sardinia but they choose to label this- their freshest, easiest going version of Vermentino (even though it could technically wear the higher-regarded...
$29.99
$24.99
2022 Cieck Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG
2022 Cieck Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG
The hillside vineyards of Caluso, right on the border between Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta, seem to defy gravity, perilously clinging to terraces built during Roman times.  It’s a stunning vista you almost have to see to believe. ...
$21.99
$19.99
2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
Cooperatives are not an unusual phenomenon in Europe.  Almost every growing region on the continent has at least one place where growers with no ability to make their own wine can send their grapes and get a decent return on their hard work. ...
$29.99
$27.99
2016 Rocche Costamagna Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
2016 Rocche Costamagna Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
2016 Rocche Costamagna Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva ‘Bricco Francesco’  A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to try a horizontal of 2016 Barolo Riservae from a variety of producers from a variety of locales and came away...
$94.99
2021 Lewis Cellars Alec's Blend, Napa Valley
2021 Lewis Cellars Alec's Blend, Napa Valley
 We remember our first meeting with Randy and (the late) Debbie Lewis.  It was at a party at their home on the peninsula to debut their (I think it was….) 1992 Lewis Reserve Cabernet, a cuvee made with under the Miner Family label...
$74.99
2019 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico
2019 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico
This Gaiole-in-Chianti producer is one of the real benchmark wineries in Chianti.  An ancient property renovated in the early 1970s, Castello di Ama was one of the first wineries to really push the envelope to raise quality in the region by farming...
$29.99
$26.99
2022 G. D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 'Clare JC'
2022 G. D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 'Clare JC'
"There is a red wine of Nebiule (Nebbiolo) made in this neighborhood which is very singular. It is about as sweet as the silky Madeira, as astringent on the palate as Bordeaux, and as brisk as Champagne. It is a pleasing wine." - Thomas Jefferson ~ 1787...
$28.99
2016 Enzo Boglietti Barolo Boiolo
2016 Enzo Boglietti Barolo Boiolo
I’ve been bumping up against the wines of Enzo Boglietti for many years- the first time being, I think, back around 2001 or ‘02 when several appeared in a blind tasting of nearly 300 Barolos and Barbarescos done over three days in Alba. ...
$59.99
2019 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Mosconi
2019 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Mosconi
vineyard in Monforte d’Alba • Average vine age is 50 years • 370 meters above sea level • South-facing exposure • Fermentation for 14 days • Aged in lightly toasted French oak (1/3 new, 1/3 second...
$135.00
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'  Susasi means, in the Piemontese dialect, ‘chosen’ and every year the Deltettos choose a tiny bit of Nebbiolo from their vineyards in Roero to harvest a bit earlier in the season in order to fashion...
$19.99
$18.99
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
When I first tried this with Carlo, I assumed he grew it in the Alta Langa hills where he grows the grapes for his sparkling wine program, but he surprised me by saying that the vineyard was right there in Canale, next to the San Michele hill and...
$35.99
2020 Deltetto Roero Arneis Riserva San Defendente Biologico
2020 Deltetto Roero Arneis Riserva San Defendente Biologico
I’ve always thought that a good Roero Arneis is a wine best left unadorned:  Let the pure fruit and lovely acidity do the talking and you’ll have a wine that says everything about its origins, tastes great and can even last in the cellar...
$44.99
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
All Arneis wines are not created equal, especially now that this grape, once seemingly destined for extinction, has become, by far, the most popular and most-produced white wine made in the Langhe region of Piemonte.  People, I guess, forgot that...
$32.00
$29.99
2019 Le Cinciole Petresco IGT Toscana Rosso
2019 Le Cinciole Petresco IGT Toscana Rosso
2019 Le Cinciole Petresco IGT Toscana $74.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles 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...
$74.99
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2019 Oddero Barolo Classico
2019 Oddero Barolo Classico
You’ve probably already read a lot about vintage 2019 in the Barolo and Barbaresco zones, it’s the first of a stunning triumvirate of harvests that will eventually include 2020 and 2021.  That’s some tough company in which to stand...
$66.99
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero We’ve been following the Odderos’ 2019 single-vineyard Barolos from the day they were harvested and, stop me if you’ve heard this before, they are the single most exciting lineup they’ve ever produced...
$94.99
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2016 Produttori del Barbarsco Don Fiorino Riserva
2016 Produttori del Barbarsco Don Fiorino Riserva
Wine Enthusiast:  A new edition to the winery’s already impressive lineup, the gorgeous Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Don Fiorino Riserva stuns with its impeccable class, structure and youthful tension.  Made with 50% grapes from the...
$179.99
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2021 Giulia Negri Langhe Nebbiolo
2021 Giulia Negri Langhe Nebbiolo
 Known around La Morra as ‘Barologirl’ Giulia Negri is making quite a name for herself, not only thanks to a turn around her vineyards on TV with Stanley Tucci but with wines like this pretty, easy-to-love Nebbiolo.  2021 Giulia...
$34.99
2022 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
2022 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
Proceeding to still wines and looking to start with a light, crisp white wine, there is no better choice than the Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio, a house favorite and a frequent by the glass pour in PRIMA Ristorante’s heyday. 
$22.99
$19.99
2021 Vietti Derthona Timorasso
2021 Vietti Derthona Timorasso
Longtime Vietti winemaker Luca Currado is a pretty passionate guy, and it really didn’t take much to get him wound up.  But listening to him speak about his project out in the Colli Tortonesi would get even the most cynical wine guy...
$39.99
2022 Terenzuola ‘Vigne Basse’ Vermentino, Colli di Luni
2022 Terenzuola ‘Vigne Basse’ Vermentino, Colli di Luni
There are very few wine appellations in Italy that actually span more than one region.  Colli di Luni is one.  Comprised of a very narrow spit of undulating coastline, it starts on the Ligurian Riviera and ends in Tuscany, just north of Pisa...
$24.99
$22.50
2022 De Forville Chardonnay, Piemonte
2022 De Forville Chardonnay, Piemonte
Belgians in Barbaresco?  Yes!  And for over a hundred and fifty years, too.  Gioacchino De Forville moved his family into the town of Barbaresco from Wallonia in present day Belgium in 1860, settling in a small house with a cellar just...
$19.99
2016 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli
2016 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli
2016 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli  Wine Spectator: A pure and focused version, with cherry, strawberry and currant fruit shaded by mineral and tobacco accents. Vibrant and harmonious, this is all about the fruit, with a...
$84.99
2016 San Felice Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino
2016 San Felice Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino
2016 San Felice Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino Wine Spectator: This red is intense, featuring incisive aromas of macerated cherry and plum, leather, earth and juniper flavors. A tad rustic, burly tannins line the finish, yet stay fresh and...
$74.99
2020 L’Armangia “Sopra Berruti” Barbera d’Asti
2020 L’Armangia “Sopra Berruti” Barbera d’Asti
Made by the Giovine family from Canelli, footsteps from the town of Nizza in the Asti growing zone of Piemonte, L’Armangia is a serious, quality-oriented family-owned outfit that farms the right way and was already very well-known for its Barbera a...
$19.99
$17.99
2021 Castellare Chianti Classico
2021 Castellare Chianti Classico
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 along that reminds you just how special these wines can be and why the...
$25.99
2020 Oddero Barbera d'Asti Nizza
2020 Oddero Barbera d'Asti Nizza
 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,...
$35.99
2022 La Spinetta-Giorgio Rivetti Vermentino IGT Toscana
2022 La Spinetta-Giorgio Rivetti Vermentino IGT Toscana
You can practically hear the sea gulls swirling overhead when you pull the cork on this…..Giorgio Rivetti’s foray into western Tuscany has been the source of several stunning wines starting with, of course, his impressive and top-value...
$22.99