Named after the country road that runs past her now-iconic winery, Occhipinti’s SP68 Rosso is as off the beaten path as its namesake highway. It beautifully shows what distinction Vittoria is capable of: wines of elegance, structure and nicely...

#23 on PRIMA's Top 25 Wines of 2025 Those of us of a certain age remember the wonderful Napa Valley Sauv Blancs of yore—Cakebread, Whitehall Lane, Spottswoode, Honig and Duckhorn are just some that come immediately to mind. These beautiful,...

Case Price $192; $16/bottle on orders of 12 bottles or more Let’s face it. There is an ocean of innocuous Pinot Grigio grown in northern Italy. As soon as someone got the memo that we Americans would like it, they filled the flatlands of the...

SOLID CASE SPECIAL $324 ($27 per bottle), shippedFree ground shipping on 6+ bottles 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...

Let me see if I have this straight. You’re asking me to buy a $40 Chardonnay from Barbaresco made by an Australian? Yep! Trust me. I wouldn’t go to all the work of trying to if I didn’t think it was worth your while. So…if you want to succeed in the...

This Verduno property is very serious about everything they do, even Favorita, the rare white Piemontese grape directly related to Vermentino. From 35-year-old vines, they’ve been bottling this wine since 1986. Bright, fresh and snappy, it’s...

The 2024 Quenard Savoie Blanc is 100% Jacquère, a regional grape variety that is unique to this part of France and well-suited to the alpine climate, where it yields a wine that is crisp and lively, with a citrus-like aroma and sleek texture on...

Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah. Certified organic. If I were to construct from my imagination the perfect dry-styled Provençal rosé to enjoy this weekend (and for many weekends to come), it would probably look a lot like the Bargemone from...

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 that they were gone? We shouldn’t have worried. Vietti is just fine. And it was in...

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...

PRICE $24.99, CASE SPECIAL $270/$22.50 per bottle If you had a laboratory and could create the perfect Rose for this summer’s drinking and beyond, what attributes would you look for first? Wonderful color, for sure; a pale pink, maybe, that...

Winemaker's Notes: Produced from the younger vines of the estate with some fruit purchased from neighboring grape growers to bring more complexity. Notes of small wild berries mingle on the nose with a hint of juniper. This spicy touch supports a palate...

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...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Asti Wine Varietal: Moscato

Named after the mythical 'witches’ manor,' Pazo das Bruxas evokes Galicia’s Celtic spirit and misty, coastal magic. In this northwestern corner of Spain—where bagpipes and ocean winds replace castanets and desert air—the folklore...

Free ground shipping on 12+ bottlesMix & Match with 2023 Flowers Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast This just-released 2024 is a beautifully balanced wine with all of the great acidity and lovely, lacy fruit this iconic far-coast vineyard can provide. We...

SOLID CASE OF 12 with free shipping, $540 ($45/bottle) Those of us in the wine business—well, those of us who truly love wine anyway—make no pretense toward absolute impartiality when it comes to judging our favorites. We form deep emotional...