Italy

2016 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore
2016 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore
 The 2015 Valpolicella Classico Superiore lifts up with unprecedented freshness as a beautiful mix of fresh cherries, cloves and cedar is complemented by rosy florals. This is a model of purity, slightly salty in character, with crisp red fruits and...
$120.00
2020 Tenuta Luisa Cabernet Franc, Isonzo del Friuli
2020 Tenuta Luisa Cabernet Franc, Isonzo del Friuli
Friuli exists where East meets West, and the cities of Udine and Trieste are stunning cultural and architectural reminders that, depending on who wins what war, Friuli’s inclusion in Italy is more arbitrary than part of any great European master...
$19.99
2015 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore 1.5L
2015 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore 1.5L
 The 2015 Valpolicella Classico Superiore magnum lifts up with unprecedented freshness as a beautiful mix of fresh cherries, cloves and cedar is complemented by rosy florals. This is a model of purity, slightly salty in character, with crisp red...
$270.00
2014 Quintarelli Alzero Cabernet
2014 Quintarelli Alzero Cabernet
A claret sort of blend, with 20% merlot meshed to even parts cab and cab franc, dried in the traditional fashion for nigh on two months. A wine of latent power, the tannic mettle serving to compress prune, alpine amaro scents, licorice root and camphor...
$500.00
2015 Quintarelli Veneto Rosso "Cà del Merlo"
2015 Quintarelli Veneto Rosso "Cà del Merlo"
 Tasting Notes: The Rosso Ca'del Merlo is a blend of 55% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon witht the rest made up of a field blend of Cabernet Franc, Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese all from...
$112.00
2021 Kofererhof Muller-Thurgau, Eisaktaller-Valle Isarco
2021 Kofererhof Muller-Thurgau, Eisaktaller-Valle Isarco
  If a wine could perfectly express its origins, Kofererhof’s Műller-Thurgau might be one of the most expressive wines in the world!  Those who have travelled up here, deep in the mountains just a few kilometers south of...
$24.99
2019 Giulia Negri Barolo DOCG 'Tartufaia'
2019 Giulia Negri Barolo DOCG 'Tartufaia'
2019 Giulia Negri Barolo Tartufaia  OK.  The 2018 vintage of the Negri Barolo Tartufaia was PRIMA’s Wine of the Year in 2022- a magnificent achievement that made the best of a challenging vintage and combined gorgeous aromatics,...
$74.99
2022 Li Veli Susumaniello Rosato IGP Salento
2022 Li Veli Susumaniello Rosato IGP Salento
2022 Li Veli Susumaniello Rosato IGP Puglia John: A personal favorite from Italy’s sunny Adriatic coast, this has great substance to go along with its fabulous aromatics.  This wine reminds me of a gorgeous sun-spangled lunch overlooking...
$28.99
$26.99
2022 La Spinetta 'Il Rose di Casanova' Toscana IGT
2022 La Spinetta 'Il Rose di Casanova' Toscana IGT
2022 La Spinetta 'Il Rose di Casanova' Toscana IGT If you know Giorgio Rivetti, you know he doesn’t ‘dabble.’ When he does something, he does it big, or he doesn’t do it at all!  The family business began with Moscato- and...
$18.99
2021 Gini Soave Classico
2021 Gini Soave Classico
2021 Gini Soave Classico  People of a certain age still cringe at the word ‘Soave’ as it conjures up the virtual ocean full of really bad wine once grown in the flats along the autostrada near Soave castle between Verona and Venice...
$20.99
$19.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo Pre-Arrival $79.99, $84.99 in stock price The amazing 2019 Barolos are arriving soon!  Fasten your seatbelts because it’s a fabulous and unique vintage; one that, paradoxically, will appeal to both lovers...
$79.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera Pre-Arrival $79.99, $84.99 in stock price The amazing 2019 Barolos are arriving soon!  Fasten your seatbelts because it’s a fabulous and unique vintage; one that, paradoxically, will appeal to both lovers...
$79.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero Pre-Arrival  $79.99, $84.99 in stock price  The amazing 2019 Barolos are arriving soon!  Fasten your seatbelts because it’s a fabulous and unique vintage; one that, paradoxically, will...
$79.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG  The amazing 2019 Barolos are arriving soon!  Fasten your seatbelts because it’s a fabulous and unique vintage; one that, paradoxically, will appeal to both lovers of cooler, more classic harvests and fans...
$49.99
2018 Tiberio 'Archivio' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
2018 Tiberio 'Archivio' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
The southern DOC known as Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is one of the most confusing to newcomers to Italian wine, starting with the grape variety itself. Montepulciano is very often confused with the town in Tuscany of the same name and the wine made...
$49.99
2020 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo 1.5 Liter
2020 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo 1.5 Liter
2020 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo 1.5L There’s Langhe Nebbiolo and there’s Langhe Nebbiolo.  Typically made to be consumed young and at its juicy best, many of the wines labeled Langhe Nebbiolo are made from younger vines,...
$74.99
2018 Giacomo Ascheri Barolo DOCG
2018 Giacomo Ascheri Barolo DOCG
Large and in charge, Matteo Ascheri is one of those people you meet in Barolo who are just Piemontese to their very core and he’s revered enough locally to be serve as the president of the Barolo-Barbaresco Consorzio. They’ve been in the...
$44.99
2019 Villa Calcinaia Cappone Chianti Classico
Vignerons de Mancey
2019 Villa Calcinaia Cappone Chianti Classico
Friday Follies Case Special $222/$18.50  The Villa Calcinaia Chianti Classico, comes from an estate in Tuscany that dates back even further than the Meerlust featured above. The property is part of land gift that dates back to 1524, a group of...
$23.99
$19.99
2018 I Custodi 'Pistus' Etna Rosso
I Custodi
2018 I Custodi 'Pistus' Etna Rosso
Winery Notes:  Vinification: The grapes are harvest and selected, brought to the winery in shallow crates, where the whole clusters are soft-crushed. Maceration for about a week in steel vats. Maturation in the same vats for about 9 months...
$34.99
2013 Quintarelli Alzero IGT Veneto Rosso
Quintarelli
2013 Quintarelli Alzero IGT Veneto Rosso
40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Cabernet Franc, 20% Merlot - The wine is then aged in French barrels for two or three years, then racked into Slavonian oak barrels for four more years.
$499.99
2019 Oddero Nizza
2019 Oddero Nizza
 The new vintage of a former PRIMA Wine of the Year winner is here and better than ever.  What’s inside is 100% savory Barbera deliciousness!  Brava, Cristina.   The last time Maria-Cristina Oddero visited us for a...
$35.99
2021 Tenuta Luisa Ribolla Gialla, Isonzo del Friuli
Tenuta Luisa
2021 Tenuta Luisa Ribolla Gialla, Isonzo del Friuli
100% Ribolla Gialla While tourists still flock in incredible numbers to Venice, Verona and Milan in northern Italy, they still seem reluctant to explore much further east, even though those who do will discover one of the most unique, historic and...
$25.00
$19.99
2016 Podere Il Palazzino Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Grosso Sanese'
Podere il Palazzino
2016 Podere Il Palazzino Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Grosso Sanese'
 Man, how we love this wine! Our emotional attachment to Il Palazzino goes back all the way to the early 1990s when their wines were first imported into the states by Marc de Grazia. I made the pilgrimage there back when I first visited Chianti in...
$59.99
2021 Jermann Pinot Grigio Venezia Giulia
Jermann
2021 Jermann Pinot Grigio Venezia Giulia
Winery Notes:  With the first in vintage 1974, it is a tradition for Friuli to make Pinot Grigio. And we have a good mixture between river valley vineyards and the hillside. The river valley grapes add freshness, and are a little more thin on the...
$24.99
2016 Ciacci Brunello Riserva 'Pianrosso- Santa Caterina d'Oro
Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
2016 Ciacci Brunello Riserva 'Pianrosso- Santa Caterina d'Oro
  Our allocations of this round of Ciacci Piccolomini’s much-coveted Brunellos is pitiful but you, our best Italian wine-loving customers, deserve the 4-1-1.  Ciacci, thanks to their position in the southernmost, warmest part of...
$209.99
2019 E. Pira Chiara Boschis Langhe Nebbiolo
E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis
2019 E. Pira Chiara Boschis Langhe Nebbiolo
PRIMA Notes:  The 2019 Langhe Nebb, we’ve loved it ever since it first went into the bottle and it has only gotten better with the extra time in the bottle.  While Chiara sometimes glibly calls her Nebbiolo a ‘Baby Barolo,’ I...
$49.99
2020 Terraviva Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC
Terraviva
2020 Terraviva Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC
 Lemon and quince intensity. It has the texture of a wine aged in barrel, real depth, but does not see any oak. Sour-fresh green fruits, a slight grip and surprising intensity and length. Really persistent. Good value." 
$19.99
2017 Cantina della Volta "BrutRosso" Lambrusco di Sorbara Brut
Cantina della Volta
2017 Cantina della Volta "BrutRosso" Lambrusco di Sorbara Brut
 Rich red wine characteristics meet the light effervescence of a champagne-style sparkler. Ripe strawberry and cherry, blood orange, baking spice, and tangerine pith all culminate in a lip smacking finish. Refreshing, yet with a depth of flavor that...
$21.99
2020 Fanti Rosso Toscana Poggio Torto IGT
Fanti
2020 Fanti Rosso Toscana Poggio Torto IGT
Prima Note:What do you get when Fanti, one of Montalcino’s top producers of Brunello, turns its attention to making something a little more drinkable when young and a lot easier on the pocketbook?  This extremely tasty blend of Sangiovese,...
$17.99
2018 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi 1.5 Liter
E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis
2018 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi 1.5 Liter
 The star of the show when presented horizontally with her two other 2018 Barolos, Chiara’s 2018 Cannubi is sort of a benchmark for this iconic vineyard- the ultimate blend of everything we think of as Classic Barolo and ditto for Cannubi...
$349.99
2021 Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Fontaleoni
2021 Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Anyone who has been to San Gimignano knows that everywhere you turn on the winding path to the top of the city, there’s an enoteca selling Vernaccia, the most local of local Tuscan whites.  Alas, most of it is best left on the shelves. ...
$19.99
$16.99
2019 Tenuta Carleone 'Uno' IGT Sangiovese Toscana
Tenuta di Carleone
2019 Tenuta Carleone 'Uno' IGT Sangiovese Toscana
The smallest production in Sean’s cellar is the wine he calls ‘Uno,’ referring to the single grape variety used in the wine.  This is the flagship, Riserva-style wine of the estate and is sourced from the best Sangiovese grapes...
$94.99
2020 Tenuta Carleone "il Guercio' IGT Sangiovese Toscana
Tenuta di Carleone
2020 Tenuta Carleone "il Guercio' IGT Sangiovese Toscana
Sean also produces two so-called Super Tuscan cuvees- a designation he hates but probably best describes Il Guericio and Uno.  Also 100% Sangiovese, Il Guercio comes from a single high-altitude parcel of grapes.  If the Chianti is made to...
$89.99
2018 Istine 'Levigne' Chianti Classico Riserva
Istine
2018 Istine 'Levigne' Chianti Classico Riserva
 They say you can tell a lot about a wine by meeting the winemaker, and that’s very much the case with the vivacious Angela Fronti of the Istine estate in Radda-in-Chianti.  She radiates energy from every pore, as well as a deep,...
$66.99
2018 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
Paolo Scavino
2018 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
The jury was out on the 2018 vintage of Barolo for a long time. The harvest was the product of about every natural malady known to man and it took extraordinary attention and meticulous farming and cellar work to get it right. The good news, though, is...
$44.99
2021 Terredora DiPaolo 'Loggia della Serra' Greco di Tufo DOCG
Terradora di Paolo
2021 Terredora DiPaolo 'Loggia della Serra' Greco di Tufo DOCG
WINE DESCRIPTION - The Greco variety was originally cultivated on the slopes of Vesuvius, where it was given the name Lacryma Christi. It was later planted in the province of Avellino, where it was given the denomination Greco di Tufo. The...
$19.99
2021 Pacher Hof Kerner, Alto Adige-Valle Isarco
Pacher Hof
2021 Pacher Hof Kerner, Alto Adige-Valle Isarco
TASTING NOTES - Bright straw-yellow colour with greenish reflections. The bouquet is pleasingly fruity with impressions of white peach and grapefruit, together with white flowers and minerals, fresh herbs. On the palate it is full, juicy,...
$34.99
$29.99
2017 Manuel Marinacci Barbaresco 'Rocche Massalupo'
Manuel Marinacci
2017 Manuel Marinacci Barbaresco 'Rocche Massalupo'
2017 Manuel Marinacci Barbaresco Rocche Massalupo While there are a score of exciting new and revamped Barolo projects out there, some of the most interesting discoveries we’ve made over the past few years have been in Barbaresco where a younger...
$59.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 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