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2016 Capanna di Cencioni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
2016 Capanna di Cencioni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
It’s not often we can say $120 a bottle is a ‘hot price,’ but when its Capanna’s 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, well, we think it is!  Capanna is, of course, one of Montalcino’s true blue chips with a history that...
$119.99
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2019 Nec-Otium Pinot Grigio delle Venezia-Giulia
Nec-Otium
2019 Nec-Otium Pinot Grigio delle Venezia-Giulia
Based in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (North-East Italy) "Nec Otium", from the Roman for work (nec) and leisure (otium), is a negociant operation with a difference. There are very few old style, cultish “Negociants”. Christian Patat is probably the...
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2020 Iovine Gragnana Penisola Sorrentina
Iovine
2020 Iovine Gragnano Penisola Sorrentina
PRIMA Notes: One of the first times I visited Napoli, I was with Chef Peter and a few others guys from the PRIMA team.  One Sunday afternoon we discovered, at the top of narrow staircase in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, one of the...
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2021 Weingut Wohlmuth Sauvignon Blanc Ried Hochsteinriegl Grosse STK
2021 Weingut Wohlmuth Sauvignon Blanc Ried Hochsteinriegl Grosse STK
 2021 Weingut Wohlmuth Sauvignon Blanc Ried Hochsteinriegl Grosse STK $52.99 per bottle with shipping included on 6 bottles or more  By the now, after three wildly popular offers of the Wohlmuth Sauvignons over the past two years, we...
$52.99
2023 Li Veli Askos Verdeca, IGT Puglia Bianco 750 ml
2023 Li Veli Askos Verdeca, IGT Puglia Bianco 750 ml
Imagine yourself on a patio overlooking the cerulean blue Adriatic and now you’ve got the perfect wine!  This stunning property is a longtime PRIMA favorite and their wines are staples on our ‘Wines of the Year’ list and,...
$27.99
2024 Li Veli 'Askos' Susumaniello Rosato, IGT Puglia
2024 Li Veli 'Askos' Susumaniello Rosato, IGT Puglia
It’s here! (Well, we missed the cutoff to order it, but it will be here next Tuesday.) Hot off the bottling line and just ahead of the tariffs: Our mostest-favoritest Rose of the new vintage so far. Sure, you can be forgiven for...
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2015 Guido Berto Nizza 'Canto di Luna'
Guido Berta
2015 Guido Berto Nizza 'Canto di Luna'
PRIMA Notes:  We’ve already featured a few stellar examples from the appellation like Oddero’s and the Titon from L’Armangia that really rung our chimes, but we’re particularly in love with Guido Berta’s 2015 Nizza, a...
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2015 Oddero Barolo Classico 375 ml (HALF BOTTLE)
2015 Oddero Barolo Classico 375 ml
(HALF BOTTLE) Bright garnet-red colored with a pale orange tinge. An unmistakable, intense, persistent and very pleasant bouquet. Aromas of sweet spices, soft fruit, mountain hay and licorice. Dry, soft and velvety on the palate. Great structure and...
$33.50
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2016 Montecalvi VV Vigna Vecchia, Toscana
Montecalvi
2016 Montecalvi VV Vigna Vecchia, Toscana
Winery Notes: Vigna Vecchia is the wine we make from our Le Terrazze vineyard, one of the oldest vineyards in Tuscany. Not just a single vineyard wine, but wine made from ancient Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino vines. Fewer grapes per vine, and...
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2017 Oddero Barolo Classico
Oddero
2017 Oddero Barolo Classico
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: Brilliant garnet-red color, with warmer tinges developing over time. Unmistakeable bouquet, very pleasant, intense yet ethereal, very persistent, at times spiced, with aromas of truffles, liquorice and dried flowers. Dry taste,...
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2021 Oddero Nizza
2021 Oddero Nizza
Tasting Scale Aroma Intensity: 7/10(Rich and aromatic with layers of red cherry, blackberry, plum, spices, and leather.) Flavor Complexity: 9/10(Full-bodied with a balance of fruit, spice, and oak, revealing red berries, dark chocolate, cedar,...
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2021 Poderi e Cantine Oddero Langhe Nebbiolo
2021 Poderi e Cantine Oddero Langhe Nebbiolo
The thing that all fans of this ultra-important La Morra cantina agree upon is that anything made with an Oddero label on it is going to be some serious juice! ‘Fun, easy-to-drink quaffer’ is rarely a description one finds in any review of an Oddero wine...
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2022 Feudo Montoni Grillo della Timpo, Sicilia DOC
2022 Feudo Montoni Grillo della Timpo, Sicilia DOC
Grillo is a cross created in Sicily in 1873. Originally meant to combine the distinctive florals and prettiness of the Zibbibo variation of Moscato with the sturdier heat-resistance and fleshiness of Cataratto, it has been, ever since, the backbone of...
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2022 Giuseppe Quintarelli Veneto Rosso IGT "Primofiore"
2022 Giuseppe Quintarelli Veneto Rosso IGT "Primofiore"
Quintarelli’s rendition of the ‘basic’ Valpolicella-styled wine is where to start when diving into the depths of this totally unique property.  It’s ‘basic’ only in the sense that this is the one Quintarelli wine...
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2023 Arianna Occhipinti SP68 Terre Siciliana Bianco
2023 Arianna Occhipinti SP68 Terre Siciliana Bianco
This wine is a blend of 60% Muscat of Alexandria and 40% Albanello, grown at an altitude of 280 meters above sea level on soils of medium consistency, derived from sub- Apennine sands with a calcareous nature. 
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2016 Scarzello Barolo Sarmassa 750 ml
2016 Scarzello Barolo Sarmassa 750 ml
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: 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...
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2019 Elena Fucci Titolo Aglianico del Vulture
Elena Fucci
2019 Elena Fucci Titolo Aglianico del Vulture
Vinous Media: The 2019 Aglianico del Vulture Titolo is stunning. It opens with a bit of an exotic flair, mixing smoky plum and lavender with animal musk, crushed ashen stone and a whiff of sour citrus that lights up the senses. Then it enters the palate...
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2020 Edi Keber Collio Bianco
Edi Keber
2020 Edi Keber Collio Bianco
2020 Edi Keber Collio Bianco   It’s a rare occasion indeed when I can send out an offer on Edi Keber’s totally unique Friulian white.  There is very little made, and with the cult-like following this one-wine, two-man cantina...
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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...
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2021 Uccelliera Rosso di Montalcino
2021 Uccelliera Rosso di Montalcino
# 20 PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year Sure, Uccelliera’s popular Rosso di Montalcino is one of the top examples of Tuscan Sangiovese every vintage- it is even always notably successful in what are considered...
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2015 Massimo Martinelli Bricco Mollea Barolo 'come lo sento
Massimo Martinelli
2015 Massimo Martinelli Barolo 'Bricco Mollea - 'come io sento io' 750 ml
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo Massimo Martinelli was, for over 50 years, the winemaking force behind Renato Ratti and his Bricco Mollea wines are a retirement gift to himself (and us).  So elegant! ...
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2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino
Capanna
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino   James Suckling: Gorgeous aromas of black cherry, cedar, leather and dried flowers follow through to a full body with firm, creamy tannins that are long and caressing. Tight and focused. Pretty clarity to...
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2016 Ceretto Barolo
Ceretto
2016 Ceretto Barolo
It's a stylistic choice, that of trying to interpret the taste of the appellation’s namesake, which gives us a rich and virile wine, able to be enjoyed young or after its evolution, for the passionate. Critical Acclaim95 Robert Parker's Wine...
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2023 Elena Walch Pinot Grigio Alto Adige DOC
2023 Elena Walch Pinot Grigio Alto Adige DOC
It’s not hard to find Pinot Grigio out there.  There’s a virtual ocean of it made from the flatlands of Trentino and the Veneto available for your easy-drinking pleasure.  But those inexpensive but often character-deficient PGs give...
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2016 Burzi Barolo Classico
Burzi
2016 Burzi Barolo Classico
Lovely, vibrant color. Rich, delightful nose. Delicate and silky in the mouth with bright and soft, tart red fruit flavors.
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2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino 'Nicco'
Capanna
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino 'Nicco'
2016 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino 'Nicco'  James Suckling: Very beautiful aromas of crushed cherries and flowers, such as violets. Some fresh mushroom and tile as well. Full-bodied with extremely polished tannins and an ultra-silky texture...
$129.99
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2019 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 'Vigna Montosoli'
2019 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino 'Vigna Montosoli'
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. Both...
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2019 Antonio Vallana Spanna, Colline Novaresi
2019 Antonio Vallana Spanna, Colline Novaresi
It was my late brother-in-law Mike who first introduced me, nearly forty years ago, to the Vallana family’s iconic Spanna.  His bottles, acquired a few at a time from his wine-collector father-in-law in Boston over a period of many years, were...
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2021 Vie di Romans Flor di Uis IGT Isonzo Bianco
2021 Vie di Romans Flor di Uis IGT Isonzo Bianco
A blend of Malvasia Istriana, Friulano and Riesling Renano, the Friuli Isonzo Flors di Uis shows a slightly more streamlined and tonic in feel with bright aromas of white flower, peach, pear and crushed granite that waft elegantly from the bouquet. 2021...
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2023 G. D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo ‘Claré J.C.
2023 G. D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo ‘Claré J.C.’
Regular Price $32.00, Still $26.99 and really worth a try "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...
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2014 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Emidio Pepe
2014 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
PRIMA Notes:  There is, of course, no shortage of great wine in Italy these days, but the list of true icons- your Rinaldis, Gajas, Ornellaias and the like- is still a short, rarified one.  Somewhere very near the top of that list must be...
$149.99
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2015 Elio Sandri Barolo Perno
Elio Sandri
2015 Elio Sandri Barolo Perno
I wasn’t at all familiar with Elio Sandri’s Cascina Disa wines until, about six or seven years ago, a bottle of his 2004 Perno Riserva Barolo was opened for me by a winemaker friend in the Langhe who called Elio one of the best Old School...
$79.99
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2018 Bricco Carlina Barbera d'Asti 'Fontanavi'
Bricco Carlina
2018 Bricco Carlina Barbera d'Asti 'Fontanavi'
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...
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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...
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2019 Ca 'del Baio Barbaresco Vallegrande
Ca del Baio
2019 Ca 'del Baio Barbaresco Vallegrande
 Unfortunately for us, Ca’ del Baio is no longer the best-kept secret in Barbaresco it once was.  The news, thanks to their reviews, the annual visits of the PRIMA gang and the profiling of the Grasso sisters in Suzanne Hoffman’s...
$55.99
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2019 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
Cantina Valle Isarco
2019 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
Winery Notes:  Pinot Grigio, is one of the noblest varieties of the Burgundy family of wine grapes. It prefers the lightly clayey soils of the mid and lower Valle Isarco that give it unique strength and expression.
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2020 Matteo Correggia Roero Arneis
Matteo Correggia
2020 Matteo Correggia Roero Arneis
2020 Matteo Correggia Roero Arneis   We considers ourselves Arneis snobs, if there really is such a thing.  But we get to taste so many, and there are so many that are so, well, meh out there.  It’s wonderful to taste the best,...
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2022 Castello di Romitorio ‘Brio’ Toscana Rosso IGT
2022 Castello di Romitorio ‘Brio’ Toscana Rosso IGT
With Romitorio’s transcendent, silky and elegant 2019 Brunello di Montalcino ($71.99) already in the house, let’s turn our attention instead to a different side of this seminal southern Tuscan property- this ultra-tasty no-wood, no frills Sangiovese from...
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2023 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte Rose
2023 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte
G. D. Vajra is a family-owned winery known for its dedication to producing wines that respect tradition while embracing innovation. Located in the heart of Barolo, the estate is renowned for its attention to detail and sustainable practices, focusing on...
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2023 Tormaresca 'Calafuria' Rose
2023 Tormaresca 'Calafuria' Rose
The 2023 Calafuria is a delicate pale pink color. Captivating on the nose with fruity and citrusy notes of pink grapefruits and white peaches accompanied by pleasant hints of marine breezes and delicate aromas of jasmine and irises. The palate is...
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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
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2016 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia
Giacomo Conterno
2016 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia
Vinous: 97 Points  Outer quote mark Conterno’s 2016 Barolo Francia is effusive, with a real sense of expansiveness that gives the wine breadth. Sage, mint, cedar, tobacco and strong mineral accents complement a core of dark fruit in a...
$325.00
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2017 Oddero Barolo Rocche di Castiglione
Oddero
2017 Oddero Barolo Rocche di Castiglione
This is, in many ways, the most representative wine in the cellar and always one of the best. The vineyard is so steep, standing in it, you feel like you’re about fall off! An elegant, ultra-refined vintage here with amazing lift and polish. This...
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2019 Istine Chianti Classico Casanova dell'Aia
Istine
2019 Istine Chianti Classico Casanova dell'Aia
2019 Istine Chianti Classico Casanova dell'Aia Wine Enthusiast: Radiant and delicious, this gorgeous red is for Sangiovese purists and fans of terroir-driven finesse. It opens with enticing scents of woodland berries, violet and camphor, and the elegant,...
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2019 Siro Pacenti Rosso di Montalcino
Siro Pacenti
2019 Siro Pacenti Rosso di Montalcino
PRIMA Notes: Man, I am loving these 2019 Tuscan reds.  The best are just, well, thoroughly charming, and yet they have a sense of gravitas that goes along with their elegance too. What I like best is their textbook Sangiovese aromatics that, thanks...
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2020 Dei Rosso di Montepulciano
Dei
2020 Dei Rosso di Montepulciano
Importer's Notes:  Cultivated organically, a blend of 90% Prugnolo Gentile, 5% Canaiolo Nero, and 5% Merlot from 5 to 40 year old vines in the sandy tuffaceous soils of the Martiena cru. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in...
$22.50
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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
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2021 Brovia Roero Arneis
Brovia
2021 Brovia Roero Arneis
Tasting Notes: Brovia’s Arneis is as good as it gets for this white grape from Piedmont. The wine offers mineral tones, citrus zest, and crisp and lightly exotic notes. This is absolutely delicious stuff with great vibrancy and soft-textured fruit...
$32.50
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2021 Le Piane Maggiorina Vino Rosso IGT 750 ml
2021 Le Piane Maggiorina Vino Rosso IGT 750 ml
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Thank goodness there are people like Christoph Kunzli in the world; people who value time-honored winemaking traditions while, at the same time, have the energy, passion and vision to bring great wines to the...
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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...
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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...
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2023 Ca 'del Baio Langhe Nebbiolo Red Label
2023 Ca 'del Baio Langhe Nebbiolo Red Label
Case of 12, $240/$20 per bottle Unfortunately for us, Ca’ del Baio is no longer the best-kept secret in Barbaresco it once was.  The news, thanks to their rave reviews, the annual visits of the PRIMA gang and the profiling of the Grasso...
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2023 Castellare Chianti Classico
2023 Castellare Chianti Classico
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...
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2023 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis 'Bricco Ciliegie'
2023 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis 'Bricco Ciliegie'
$31.99 per bottle, SOLID CASE $360/$30 The iconic Giovanni Almondo Arneis ‘Bricco Ciliegie’ really needs no introduction here at PRIMA but, in case you are one of the few who have yet to discover the joys of this delicious Roero Arneis, here...
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2015 Carlo Revello Barolo
Carlo Revello
2015 Carlo Revello Barolo
Enzo and Carlo Revello take over their father’s estate in 1990: their vineyards, once belonging to the local parish, boast parcels in the crus of Giachini, Rocche dell’Annunziata, Conca dell’Annunziata and Gattera.Starting in 2016 the...
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