Northern Italy

2022 Paolo Scavino Vino Rosso IGT Piemonte
2022 Paolo Scavino Vino Rosso IGT Piemonte
The 2022 Scavino Vino Rosso, a blend of Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and Merlot, is stunningly good!  It brings all of the gravitas and character of Scavino to the table at a magnificent price!  And it does so with amazing grace and complexity...
$18.99
2020 La Ca' Nova Barbaresco Montefico Vigna Bric Mentina
2020 La Ca' Nova Barbaresco Montefico Vigna Bric Mentina
This small estate with cellars near the town of Neive is about as Old School as it gets.  Although there is a computer, a fax and a telephone in the office these days, there is virtually no other technology in sight.  The old stainless steel...
$54.99
2016 Az. Ag. Giorgio Scarzello Barolo del Comune di Barolo
2016 Az. Ag. Giorgio Scarzello Barolo del Comune di 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 to hear what wines people are most talking about. There are a lot of...
$79.99
2019 Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo ‘Monfalletto’
2019 Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo ‘Monfalletto’
As the 2019 harvest in the Langhe has progressed from harvest, through its winemaking and aging stages and now, to finished products, the vintage’s reputation has done nothing but gain momentum. The winemakers themselves have always been fans...
$69.99
$66.99
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco IGT
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco IGT
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco ‘Orange,’ you groan. ‘Not an orange wine!’ Yes. Drink it. It’s good, and good for you! You told me you wanted to experiment once in a while, and this November is your month to...
$52.99
2004 Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne
2004 Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne
I have, in a glass next to me at my desk, about half a glassful of nineteen-year old Barolo. I have been going back to it every few minutes to check on it and now, after about a half hour since it was poured, it has blossomed into something truly...
$59.99
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
2022 Ronchi di Cialla Friulano, Collio Orientali di Friuli
Go east from Piemonte until you can go east no more and you’ll find the ancient and indigenous Friulano grape thriving on either side of Italy’s border with Slovenia.  This fresh, herbal white has all the acidity you need to cut through...
$24.99
$22.50
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
2021 Elena Fucci 'Sceg' Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Something brand new from Elena Fucci, the ‘First Lady of Aglianico’ of the slopes of Mount Vulture. This dark, earthy cuvee was designed to be consumed a little younger than her monstrously tannic (but very delicious) Titolo, it’s rich,...
$29.99
$24.99
2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
2021 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. ...
$29.99
$27.99
2016 Rocche Costamagna Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
2016 Rocche Costamagna Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
2016 Rocche Costamagna Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva ‘Bricco Francesco’  A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to try a horizontal of 2016 Barolo Riservae from a variety of producers from a variety of locales and came away...
$94.99
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
2019 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Mosconi
2019 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Mosconi
vineyard in Monforte d’Alba • Average vine age is 50 years • 370 meters above sea level • South-facing exposure • Fermentation for 14 days • Aged in lightly toasted French oak (1/3 new, 1/3 second...
$135.00
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
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...
$19.99
$18.99
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
2020 Deltetto Pinot Nero 777 Biologico
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...
$35.99
2020 Deltetto Roero Arneis Riserva San Defendente Biologico
2020 Deltetto Roero Arneis Riserva San Defendente Biologico
I’ve always thought that a good Roero Arneis is a wine best left unadorned:  Let the pure fruit and lovely acidity do the talking and you’ll have a wine that says everything about its origins, tastes great and can even last in the cellar...
$44.99
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
2022 Deltetto Roero Arneis 'San Michele'
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...
$32.00
$29.99
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero
2019 Oddero Barolo Villero
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...
$94.99
2022 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
2022 Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio
Proceeding to still wines and looking to start with a light, crisp white wine, there is no better choice than the Cantina Valle Isarco Pinot Grigio, a house favorite and a frequent by the glass pour in PRIMA Ristorante’s heyday. 
$22.99
$19.99
2021 Vietti Derthona Timorasso
2021 Vietti Derthona Timorasso
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...
$39.99
2022 Terenzuola ‘Vigne Basse’ Vermentino, Colli di Luni
2022 Terenzuola ‘Vigne Basse’ Vermentino, Colli di Luni
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...
$24.99
$22.50
2022 De Forville Chardonnay, Piemonte
2022 De Forville Chardonnay, Piemonte
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...
$19.99
2020 L’Armangia “Sopra Berruti” Barbera d’Asti
2020 L’Armangia “Sopra Berruti” Barbera d’Asti
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...
$19.99
$17.99
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
2014 Quintarelli Alzero Cabernet
2014 Quintarelli Alzero Cabernet
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...
$500.00
2021 Kofererhof Muller-Thurgau, Eisaktaller-Valle Isarco
2021 Kofererhof Muller-Thurgau, Eisaktaller-Valle Isarco
  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...
$26.99
2015 Paolo Scavino Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
2015 Paolo Scavino Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva
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,...
$229.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapo
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...
$79.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera
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...
$79.99
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo DOCG
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...
$49.99
$46.99
2020 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo 1.5 Liter
2020 Vietti Perbacco Langhe Nebbiolo 1.5 Liter
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,...
$74.99
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...
$44.99
2013 Quintarelli Alzero IGT Veneto Rosso
Quintarelli
2013 Quintarelli Alzero IGT Veneto Rosso
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.
$499.99
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...
$25.00
$19.99
2021 Jermann Pinot Grigio Venezia Giulia
Jermann
2021 Jermann Pinot Grigio Venezia Giulia
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...
$24.99
2018 Deltetto Roero Riserva Braja 1.5L
Deltetto
2018 Deltetto Roero Riserva Braja 1.5L
Spectacular Nebbiolo from the talented folks at Deltetto, sourced from an incredible south-facing vineyard planted in the sandy soil of the Roero district.  Drink or save; this is powerful wine, albeit, wrapped in a velvet glove.
$79.99
2018 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi 1.5 Liter
E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis
2018 E. Pira-Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi 1.5 Liter
 The star of the show when presented horizontally with her two other 2018 Barolos, Chiara’s 2018 Cannubi is sort of a benchmark for this iconic vineyard- the ultimate blend of everything we think of as Classic Barolo and ditto for Cannubi...
$349.99