2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
Susasi means, in the Piemontese dialect, ‘chosen’ and every year the Deltettos choose a tiny bit of Nebbiolo from their vineyards in Roero to harvest a bit earlier in the season in order to fashion...
When I first tried this with Carlo, I assumed he grew it in the Alta Langa hills where he grows the grapes for his sparkling wine program, but he surprised me by saying that the vineyard was right there in Canale, next to the San Michele hill and...
All Arneis wines are not created equal, especially now that this grape, once seemingly destined for extinction, has become, by far, the most popular and most-produced white wine made in the Langhe region of Piemonte. People, I guess, forgot that...
2019 Conterno-Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra
I first fell in love with this family operation, now over a decade ago, while visiting the Fantino’s sleek winery perched high above the town of Monforte d’Alba for a group tasting event. ...
You’ve probably already read a lot about vintage 2019 in the Barolo and Barbaresco zones, it’s the first of a stunning triumvirate of harvests that will eventually include 2020 and 2021. That’s some tough company in which to stand...
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero
We’ve been following the Odderos’ 2019 single-vineyard Barolos from the day they were harvested and, stop me if you’ve heard this before, they are the single most exciting lineup they’ve ever produced...
Wine Enthusiast: A new edition to the winery’s already impressive lineup, the gorgeous Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Don Fiorino Riserva stuns with its impeccable class, structure and youthful tension. Made with 50% grapes from the...
Known around La Morra as ‘Barologirl’ Giulia Negri is making quite a name for herself, not only thanks to a turn around her vineyards on TV with Stanley Tucci but with wines like this pretty, easy-to-love Nebbiolo. 2021 Giulia...
Longtime Vietti winemaker Luca Currado is a pretty passionate guy, and it really didn’t take much to get him wound up. But listening to him speak about his project out in the Colli Tortonesi would get even the most cynical wine guy...
There are very few wine appellations in Italy that actually span more than one region. Colli di Luni is one. Comprised of a very narrow spit of undulating coastline, it starts on the Ligurian Riviera and ends in Tuscany, just north of Pisa...
Belgians in Barbaresco? Yes! And for over a hundred and fifty years, too. 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...
One of the best Barolo discoveries I’ve made in a while! Expensive but worth it!- JR
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Whether I’m travelling in Piemonte speaking with actual people or lurking on various social...
Even in a place so hidebound with tradition and history that anything new immediately falls under a microscope of scrutiny, the Barolo region is a hotbed of interesting new wine activity. Driven in part by generational change (I’ve never felt...
Made by the Giovine family from Canelli, footsteps from the town of Nizza in the Asti growing zone of Piemonte, L’Armangia is a serious, quality-oriented family-owned outfit that farms the right way and was already very well-known for its Barbera a...
2021 Vevey Marziano Blanc de Morgex et La Salle, Vallee d’Aoste $24.99 The name of this appellation is actually bigger than the actual spot but, trust me, once you’ve had a glass or two, ‘Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle’ will...
Not to be confused with their earthier, more mineral-driven (and altogether more intense) Nizza Barbera, the Odderos fashion an ultra-pleasing savory Barbera d’Alba from two vineyards aged between 20 and 35 years, one in La Morra and the other in...
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,...
The word ‘schiavenza’ in the Piemontese language means ‘sharecropper,’ and in the not-so-long-ago olden days, sharecropping was how most of the vines were farmed in the Langhe. The farmers who eked out a meager existence...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
2019 Vietti Barolo Ravera
Vinous Media: The 2019 Barolo Ravera is the most intensely mineral and saline of the Barolos. Crushed rocks, white pepper, flowers, orange zest, red berry fruit and bright acids all run through this finely sculpted,...
Is Barolo going to the dogs?????
One of the pioneers of organic viticulture in Piemonte, Pietro Berutti’s La Spinona is probably one of the best producers of Barbaresco and Barolo you’ve never heard of. But with one of the...
2015 Paolo Scavino Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva Pre-Arrival $229.99, $249.99 in stock price
The amazing 2019 Barolos are arriving soon! Fasten your seatbelts because it’s a fabulous and unique vintage; one that, paradoxically,...
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...
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...
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...
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric de Fiasc Pre-Arrival $99.99, $104.99 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...
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...
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,...
Rosso is a blend which represents our autochthon varietals. The grapes from the younger vines of the Estate combined together, offer a fresh, aromatic, charming wine with a Piedmontese character. Brilliant ruby-red with purple hints. Expressive,...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
100% Marzemino, a red grape variety grown in Trentino, Lombardia and Veneto. You’ll find it mentioned in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as apparently Marzemino was a very polar red wine at the Habsbourg Court in Vienna back then. Fermented and...
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...
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...