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2019 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 1.5L
2019 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 1.5L
I have the opportunity to special order a parcel of Aurelio Settimo’s wonderful wines at very attractive prices.  The wine will be loaded and shipped as soon as I get the order in so we can expect them in late October or early November. ...
$154.99
2019 Damilano Barolo Cannubi
2019 Damilano Barolo Cannubi
Damilano is one of the oldest wineries in Barolo. The family business dates back to 1890 when Giuseppe Borgogno started cultivating and producing wine from the grapes from his own vineyards. Giuseppe  improved the general quality of the vinification...
$99.99
2019 Oddero Barolo Riserva Bussia Mondoca
Oddero
2019 Oddero Barolo Riserva Bussia Mondoca
This austere vineyard site, the top of a high, narrow, extremely steep portion of Bussia, produces the most inward-looking, monolithic wine in the entire Oddero stable. That being said, the extra time allotted for it to become a Riserva really allows the...
$164.99
2019 Oddero Barolo Riserva Vignarionda
Oddero
2019 Oddero Barolo Riserva Vignarionda
If the Odderos’ Rocche di Castiglione is the cellar’s equivalent of Vosne-Romanée, Vignarionda is its Chambolle-Musigny, never lacking in tannin or nervy acidity, but still capable of incomparable elegance. The 2019 is exactly that...
$224.99
2020 Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia
2020 Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia
The 2020 Aldo Conterno Barolos are an impressive group- it was a vintage that truly favored Monforte d’Alba in general and Bussia specifically, and these will be particularly long-lived wines while being quite approachable while still young. It’s an...
$119.99
2020 Bibi Graetz Testamatta
2020 Bibi Graetz Testamatta
"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...
$69.99
2020 Dolianova In Cantos Cannonau di Sardegna
2020 Dolianova In Cantos Cannonau di Sardegna
Like so many regions of Italy, the island of Sardegna is home to a host of indigenous grape varieties, many of which are not grown anywhere else in the world. Out of a list of 100 or so grape types, only a few are likely to show up on the shelves of your...
$19.99
2020 E. Pira- Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi
2020 E. Pira- Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi
Another set of absolutely stellar Barolos from this intriguing vintage, it cannot be denied that Chiara Boschis is on an incredible roll! Chiara’s brother Giorgio and niece Beatrice are now in control of the cellar while Chiara is free to be in her most...
$180.00
2020 La Poderina Rosso Toscano IGT
2020 La Poderina Rosso Toscano IGT
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...
$19.99
$14.99
2020 Le Cinciole Petresco Colli delle Toscana Centrale Rosso IGT
2020 Le Cinciole Petresco Colli delle Toscana Centrale Rosso IGT
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...
$89.99
2020 Oddero Barolo Monvigliero
2020 Oddero Barolo Monvigliero
Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Sub-subregion: BaroloWine Varietal: NebbioloBin Location: C1
$124.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Montestefano Barbaresco Riserva
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Montestefano Barbaresco Riserva
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is one of the most elegant, polished wines in this range. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and cedar are beautifully lifted. The tannins are remarkably polished for a...
$83.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva 'Muncagota'
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva 'Muncagota'
Kerin O'Keefe, 95 points: The 2020 Muncagota Riserva opens with an intense balsamic fragrance recalling camphor and eucalyptus that accent forest floor, hay and woodland berry. On the fresh, rather firm palate, taut, fine-grained tannins accompany ripe...
$89.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano 1.5L magnum
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano 1.5L
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is one of the most elegant, polished wines in this range. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mint and cedar are beautifully lifted. The tannins are remarkably polished for a young,...
$179.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà is another stellar wine in this range. Dark and explosive the 2021 possesses notable richness to match its dark brooding personality. Black cherry plum leather cloves...
$89.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja 1.5L magnum
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rabaja 1.5L
Vinous, 97 points: The 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà is another stellar wine in this range. Dark and explosive the 2021 possesses notable richness to match its dark brooding personality. Black cherry plum leather cloves menthol licorice and...
$179.99
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo
Produttori del Barbaresco
2020 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo
Jeb Dunnuck, 96 points: The nose of the 2020 Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo is quite expressive and spiced, showing very nicely with ripe aromas of wild raspberries, cherries, fresh herbs, and blood orange spice. The palate gains in intensity, with good...
$89.99
2020 Simon di Brazzan Pinot Grigio Tradizion Ramato
2020 Simon di Brazzan Pinot Grigio Tradizion Ramato 750 ml
A luminous copper-hued ramato (Friuli's specific style of skin-contact Pinot Grigio) with immediate appeal: fragrant rose petals, red cherry spirits and wet stone lead into a textured palate of ripe orchard fruit and subtle skin-contact tannin. The...
$36.99
$28.99
2020 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli
2020 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli
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...
$79.99
2020 Vietti Barolo Lazzarito
2020 Vietti Barolo Lazzarito
The grapes come from the MGA “Lazzarito” vineyard in the municipality of Serralunga d’Alba, a fabulous amphitheater-shaped plot with a south-western exposure. The soil is rich in limestone and clay, and the altitude is between 330 and 380 m asl. The...
$240.00
2020 Vietti Barolo Ravera
2020 Vietti Barolo Ravera
Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Sub-subregion: BaroloWine Varietal: NebbioloBin Location: B2
$244.99
2021 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata
Aurelio Settimo
2021 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata
Is Rocche the La Tache of La Morra!? This flagship wine for the cantina is some of the classiest juice out there, and Tiziana deserves every cent of the $80 she’s getting for this wine, especially when you consider what her neighbors get for lesser...
$79.99
2021 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 1.5L MAGNUM
Aurelio Settimo
2021 Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 1.5L MAGNUM
Is Rocche the La Tâche of La Morra!? This flagship wine for the cantina is some of the classiest juice out there, and Tiziana deserves every cent of the $80 she’s getting for this wine, especially when you consider what her neighbors get for...
$155.00
2021 Domaine Maxime Cheurlin Noellat Bourgogne Haut Cotes de Nuit Blanc
2021 Domaine Maxime Cheurlin Noellat Bourgogne Haut Cotes de Nuit Blanc
Pale gold in the glass, this 2021 Bourgogne Blanc unfurls with lifted aromas of white blossoms, green apple and a whisper of wet stone. On the palate it’s sleek yet vivid, with bright citrus zest and orchard pear framed by finely chiselled...
$49.99
$38.99
2021 Elio Altare Barolo DOCG
Elio Altare
2021 Elio Altare Barolo DOCG
Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: La Morra Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo
$96.99
2021 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo 'Monvigliero'
Fratelli Alessandria
2021 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo 'Monvigliero'
Antonio Galloni, 97 points: "The 2021 Barolo Monvigliero is one of the best wines I have tasted from Fratelli Alessandria in some time. The aromatics alone are haunting in their beauty. Rose petal, tangerine peel, cinnamon, kirsch, pomegranate and mint...
$139.99
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe DOCG
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe DOCG
The ‘value’ Barolo segment, once filled with a plethora of good choices under $50, has become smaller by the year as mainstays like Vietti’s Barolo Castiglione and the Odderos’ Barolo Classico have drifted northward in price and those with lesser...
$44.99
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole
The ‘value’ Barolo segment, once filled with a plethora of good choices under $50, has become smaller by the year as mainstays like Vietti’s Barolo Castiglione and the Odderos’ Barolo Classico have drifted northward in price and those with lesser...
$109.99
2021 Idda Etna Rosso DOC
2021 Idda Etna Rosso DOC
I remember, back sometime in the mid-1990s, driving from Piemonte to Tucsany with Marco  de Grazia, then the instigator, impresario and importer of the ‘Barolo Boys.’  Even with the taste of the last Barolo we had enjoyed together...
$74.99
2021 La Contrada di Sorano Langhe Nebbiolo
La Contrada di Sorano
2021 La Contrada di Sorano Langhe Nebbiolo
Quite honestly, I don’t know how Paolo and Cristina Baudana scrape out a living from the tiny holdings they have in northeastern part of the Barolo zone. They make so little wine—barely 10,000 bottles—you scarcely ever see it beyond a...
$34.99
2021 Oddero Barolo Capalot Special Bottling 1.5 Liter
2021 Oddero Barolo Capalot Special Bottling 1.5 Liter
A PRIMA California exclusive! The Capalot MGA is (arguably) the premier site for Nebbiolo for Barolo on the northern Santa Maria side of La Morra. If you’ve visited the region, I’m sure you’ve passed it. It’s that beautiful...
$350.00
$325.00
2021 Oddero Barolo Classico
2021 Oddero Barolo Classico
You’ve probably already read a lot about vintage 2020 in the Barolo and Barbaresco zones and maybe already had the chance to sample a few. It’s the middle harvest of the stunning triumvirate of harvests that includes the monumental 2021s as well as the...
$59.99
2021 Raineri Langhe Nebbiolo 'Snart'
Raineri
2021 Raineri Langhe Nebbiolo 'Snart'
With vines in the Perno and Castelletto MGAs in Monforte d’Alba and cellars near Novello, three young friends have some great raw material with which to work and fashion their Nebbiolo from younger vines in...
$19.99
2021 Trediberri Barolo Berri
2021 Trediberri Barolo Berri
I first visited Trediberri now seven years ago at the behest of our good friend Massimo Martinelli who had worked with this micro-cellar’s co-owner Nicola Oberto’s father Federico for over five decades in the cellars of nearby Renato Ratti...
$64.99
2021 Vietti Barbaresco Rocaglie
2021 Vietti Barbaresco Rocaglie
Post Arrrival $160, Pre-Arrival $144 6 bottlesFrom a top site near the town of Barbaresco with a ton of history…used to be bottled as Masseria. Softer, suppler side of Barbaresco. Tres elegante! V95Bin Location: F8
$144.00
2021 Vietti Barolo Monvigliero
2021 Vietti Barolo Monvigliero
Post Arrrival $270, Pre-Arrival $243 9 bottles65-year old vines, another unbelievably sexy Monvig- open, pliant and incredibly generous. This is such a unique spot! JS98, V97, RP97Bin Location: A4
$243.00
2022 Baricci Rosso di Montalcino Montosoli
2022 Baricci Rosso di Montalcino Montosoli
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...
$44.99
2022 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d' Alba
2022 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d' Alba, Piemonte
Not every parcel in the Giacosas’ iconic Neive and Alba vineyards are suitable for growing Nebbiolo for their iconic Barbarescos and, on those few spots, for the most part located at the highest part of these sites, Barbera is the obvious choice...
$33.99
2022 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore
2022 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore
One of the grandest of the Grand Maestri of Piemonte’s ‘Greatest Generation’ of wine pioneers, Bruno Giacosa only began bottling his own wine in the 1960s, but his legendary perfectionism in the cellar and amazing instincts with regards...
$55.99
2022 Cascina Penna-Currado Dolcetto d'Alba 'Bricco Lago'
2022 Cascina Penna-Currado Dolcetto d'Alba 'Bricco Lago'
Ground shipping included on 6 bottles or more, mixed and matched with Penna-Currado wines When Luca Currado-Vietti and Elena Penna sold their beloved Vietti, it sent shockwaves through the wine world. What would happen to Vietti, everyone wondered, now...
$39.99
2022 Cornarea Roero Arneis
2022 Cornarea Roero Arneis
The discovery of Cornarea was the product of several years hard research in the Langhe- a search for an Arneis we could recommend to our customers that the locals there themselves loved. I looked at what winemakers ordered when I ate out with them, what...
$31.99
$29.99
2022 Margherita Otto Langhe Nebbiolo
2022 Margherita Otto Langhe Nebbiolo
We first met Alan Manley in, of all places, the Bartolo Mascarello cellar in the town of Barolo. It was Alan who showed us around this cathedral of traditional Barolo winemaking until Maria-Theresa could free herself up for our appointment. Turns out...
$44.99
2023 Bisol Jeio Prosecco Rose
Bisol
2023 Bisol Jeio Prosecco Rose
Crafted by the Bisol family in the heart of Valdobbiadene, Jeio’s rosé brings a quiet sophistication to the world’s most easygoing sparkler. A blend of Glera and Pinot Nero, it shows steady streams of fine bubbles and aromas of wild...
$19.99
2023 Braida-Giacomo Bologna 'La Regina' Langhe Nascetta DOC
2023 Braida-Giacomo Bologna 'La Regina' Langhe Nascetta DOC
Nascetta is Piemonte’s forgotten white gem, and Braida treats it royally. The 2023 La Regina glides between fruit and florals—pear, fennel, peach blossom and a lick of wildflower honey—wrapped in brisk acidity. Think Gavi but with way...
$29.99
$22.99
2023 Cornarea Roero Arneis
2023 Cornarea Roero Arneis
Price $33.99/CASE PRICE $360/$30 per bottle The discovery of Cornarea was the product of several years hard research in the Langhe- a search for an Arneis we could recommend to our customers that the locals there themselves loved. I looked at what...
$33.99
2023 Elio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba
2023 Elio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba
Sure, this Monforte d’Alba producer is justly famous for their two amazing single-parcel Barolos, both coming from the iconic Ginestra MGA but they do several other things extraordinarily well too.  You already probably familiar with Educato,...
$24.99
2023 Gini Soave Classico
Gini
2023 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.  It’s taken a generation...
$24.99
$16.99
2023 La Colombera Dethona Timorasso, Colli Tortonesi
2023 La Colombera Derthona Timorasso, Colli Tortonesi
The affable but driven Elise Semino has become (after the iconic Walter Massa) the best-known producer in all of the Derthona appellation! A passionate advocate for the region, she, along with her father and brother, serves as one of the area’s most...
$34.99
2023 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
2023 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. Most aren’t...
$27.99
2024 Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Vino Rosato, Costa delle Sesia
2024 Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Vino Rosato, Costa delle Sesia
PRICE $21.99, CASE PRICE $240/$20 per bottle One of the old time wineries of the Gattiara region of the Alto Piemonte, under an hour’s drive northwest of Milan-Malpensa airport, the Antoniolo family has been farming these impossibly inhospitable...
$21.99
2024 Colleleva Rosso Piceno Le Marche Rosso
2024 Colleleva Rosso Piceno Le Marche Rosso
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...
$18.99
2024 Clelia Romano 'Colli di Lapio' Fiano Di Avellino
2024 Colli di Lapio Romano Clelia Fiano Di Avellino
Clelia Romano’s broad, aromatic and complete Fiano di Avellino continues to make scores of new friends consistently here at PRIMA Vini. Long a fixture in our late restaurant’s by-the-glass program where it was featured as...
$26.99
2024 Elena Walch Schiava, Alto Adige DOC
2024 Elena Walch Schiava, Alto Adige DOC
For an area so associated with high quality whites (80% of the production), it’s somewhat hard to believe that in Alto Adige, the most widely planted grape variety is actually the red called Schiava.  So ubiquitous are the distinctive wooden...
$23.99
2024 Fratelli Alessandria ‘Speziale’ Verduno Pelaverga
2024 Fratelli Alessandria 'Speziale' Verduno Pelaverga
You can be forgiven for never having heard of the Pelaverga Piccolo grape. It’s cultivated only in Verduno, a very small part of Piemonte just down the northern slope of La Morra hill in Barolo. It’s been in the...
$32.99
2024 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte
2024 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte
The Vajras, one of the first families of the Barolo region of the Langhe approach their production of Rosato with the same seriousness and meticulousness as they do their iconic reds.  At this exalted address, Rose is far more than the afterthought...
$21.99
2024 Graci Etna Rosato
Graci
2024 Graci Etna Rosato
Let’s go far south, all the way to the slopes of Mount Etna for Alberto Graci’s delightful rosato of Nerello Mascalese. Graci is located in Passopisciaro on the north side of the volcano. Their vineyards sit...
$22.99
2024 Masseria del Feudo Nero d'Avola
Masseria del Feudo
2024 Masseria del Feudo Nero d'Avola
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...
$18.99
NV Drusian Sparkling Rose Extra-Dry, 'Rose Mari'
NV Drusian Sparkling Rose Extra-Dry, 'Rose Mari'
Staff Reviews: John Rittmaster: What a shame this was surrounded by so many dry, top-quality rosés, otherwise it would have been great. Excellent backyard party wine that’s not too sweet and balanced nicely. **+ Frank...
$25.99