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...

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...

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 down the street from the now-deconsecrated church and just next to a far-better-known local...

Cult wine and Sicilian wines not from Mount Etna are rarely used in the same sentence but, when it comes to Arianna Occhipinti, the term ‘cult’ may actually apply. A generation of young sommeliers and wine professionals consider her as one of...

#13 (tied) on PRIMA's Top 25 Wines of 2025 This one makes me particularly sad as I have already consumed a case of this, one of our most pleasant surprises of the summer, and I don’t look forward to paying more for my favorite tipple...

#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,...

#19 on PRIMA's Top 25 Wines of 2025 Free ground shipping on 6+ bottles! 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...

#13 (tied) on PRIMA's Top 25 Wines of 2025 We know the Scavinos make sensational wines from the Nebbiolo grape: a transcendent Langhe Nebbiolo and a passel of benchmark Barolos, the 2021s of which have just...

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...

The iconic Giovanni Almondo Arneis ‘Bricco delle 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 is a word of explanation. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You all remember the insanely good, totally unique Vin de Solitude Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc and Rouge we sell every once in a blue moon?  Well, imagine those unicorns, only made in quantities and sold at prices that give the rest of us...

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...

One of Austria’s oldest city wineries (founded in 1452!), Stadt Krems continues to prove that history and precision can happily coexist. The 2024 Grüner is bright and mineral, showing green apple, white pepper and lime blossom on a lean, racy...

Locavore alert! The 2024 Steven Kent Cabernet Franc Blanc from Livermore Valley offers a fresh, exciting twist on Cab Franc—a white wine bursting with vibrant white peach, nectarine, and apricot flavors, all wrapped in silky, mouthwatering...