Mario Marengo is one of Barolo’s most stalwart producers.  First from a tiny cantina right on the main road through La Morra and now further up the hill in Serradenari, this small estate has been making great wine since 1899.  Currently...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo The much-anticipated debut of the Oddero Monvig!  As polished, floral and elegant as this vineyard can be with a dash of the Oddero austerity

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Sub-subregion: BaroloWine Varietal: NebbioloBin Location: C-5

A very fragrant, polished Movig that drinks more like a fine Burgundy than a robust young Barolo.  Excellent length and a seductive palate that will beguile for many years.  Intriguing as always.  Vinous 93, JS 96   2020 in Barolo...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Friuli Venezia Giulia

I first visited Trediberri now six 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...

The name Vaira is, of course, one of the best-known monikers in southern Barolo, particularly around the hamlet of Vergne where the Barolo zone intersects with La Morra, Novello and Narzole. Besides the ultra-important Vaira family (who use the...

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...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo A truly intriguing lineup from Vietti in 2020.  They are not the biggest, baddest boys on the block, by any means, but they are particularly transparent...

  THESE PRE-ARRIVAL PRICES ARE 10% DISCOUNTED WINES ARRIVE AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND ARE BEING SHIPPED UNDER OPTIMAL CONDITIONS BY THE CONTERNOS’ DESIGNATED IMPORTER- THAT’S IMPORTANT!  

It must have been tough for the irrepressible Giacomo Bologna back in those early days trying to sell Barbera.  It was a grape variety that sort of fell into the netherworld between the ubiquitous Dolcetto, the cheap wine that everyone drank...

Free Shipping o SIX Unfortunately for us, Ca’ del Baio is no longer the best-kept secret in Barbaresco it once was.  The news, thanks to their rave reviews, the annual visits of the PRIMA gang and the profiling of the Grasso sisters in Suzanne...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo All estate Perno and Villero fruit from younger vines in a Baby Barolo style.  Delicious!  Mario Fontana is a very cool guy.  His tiny cellar is a one-man show at the...

This next wine, the 2021 Rosso della Motta, is a real gem, sourced from old vines (70-80 years of age), grown at high elevation in Alta Piemonte, the Coste della Sesia appellation to be more specific. It’s closest neighbors that you might recognize...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: PiemonteWine Varietal: BarberaBin Location: L2

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Sub-subregion: Barbaresco What a difference a vintage makes.  2021 is as powerful as 2020 is elegant and this is a posterchild for that distinction.  This-is-out-standing! 

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Piemonte Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo

  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. But,...

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...

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...

You wouldn’t think the noble Nebbiolo vineyards of Monforte d’Alba, right in the heart of the Barolo growing zone, would also be known for producing something as prosaic as Chardonnay…..but they are! The limestone and clay marls here...

Fattoria Coroncino is one of the legendary artisanal producers of Verdicchio. The winery was founded by Lucio and Fiorella Canestrari in 1981. The winery is located in Staffolo, in the heart of theCastelli dei Jesi zone. Organic since the beginning, and...

A Light and Lively Red from Piedmont Discover the distinctive character of the 2022 Francesco Rinaldi Grignolino, a light and lively red wine that beautifully captures the essence of Piedmont’s unique terroir. Produced by the...

The name of this obscure, off-the-beaten path appellation in Italy actually takes longer to say than to drive through but, trust me, once you’ve had a glass or two, ‘Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle’ will just roll off your tongue. ...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Veneto Wine Sub-subregion: Prosecco