Northern Italy

2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe DOCG
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe DOCG
The ‘value’ Barolo segment, once filled with a plethora of good choices under $50, has become smaller by the year as mainstays like Vietti’s Barolo Castiglione and the Odderos’ Barolo Classico have drifted northward in price and those with lesser...
$44.99
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole
2021 G.D. Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole
The ‘value’ Barolo segment, once filled with a plethora of good choices under $50, has become smaller by the year as mainstays like Vietti’s Barolo Castiglione and the Odderos’ Barolo Classico have drifted northward in price and those with lesser...
$109.99
2021 La Contrada di Sorano Langhe Nebbiolo
La Contrada di Sorano
2021 La Contrada di Sorano Langhe Nebbiolo
Quite honestly, I don’t know how Paolo and Cristina Baudana scrape out a living from the tiny holdings they have in northeastern part of the Barolo zone. They make so little wine—barely 10,000 bottles—you scarcely ever see it beyond a...
$34.99
2021 Oddero Barolo Capalot Special Bottling 1.5 Liter
2021 Oddero Barolo Capalot Special Bottling 1.5 Liter
A PRIMA California exclusive! The Capalot MGA is (arguably) the premier site for Nebbiolo for Barolo on the northern Santa Maria side of La Morra. If you’ve visited the region, I’m sure you’ve passed it. It’s that beautiful...
$350.00
$325.00
2021 Oddero Barolo Classico
2021 Oddero Barolo Classico
You’ve probably already read a lot about vintage 2020 in the Barolo and Barbaresco zones and maybe already had the chance to sample a few. It’s the middle harvest of the stunning triumvirate of harvests that includes the monumental 2021s as well as the...
$59.99
2021 Raineri Langhe Nebbiolo 'Snart'
Raineri
2021 Raineri Langhe Nebbiolo 'Snart'
With vines in the Perno and Castelletto MGAs in Monforte d’Alba and cellars near Novello, three young friends have some great raw material with which to work and fashion their Nebbiolo from younger vines in...
$19.99
2021 Trediberri Barolo Berri
2021 Trediberri Barolo Berri
I first visited Trediberri now seven 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...
$64.99
2021 Vietti Barbaresco Rocaglie
2021 Vietti Barbaresco Rocaglie
Post Arrrival $160, Pre-Arrival $144 6 bottlesFrom a top site near the town of Barbaresco with a ton of history…used to be bottled as Masseria. Softer, suppler side of Barbaresco. Tres elegante! V95Bin Location: F8
$144.00
2021 Vietti Barolo Monvigliero
2021 Vietti Barolo Monvigliero
Post Arrrival $270, Pre-Arrival $243 9 bottles65-year old vines, another unbelievably sexy Monvig- open, pliant and incredibly generous. This is such a unique spot! JS98, V97, RP97Bin Location: A4
$243.00
2022 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d' Alba
2022 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d' Alba, Piemonte
Not every parcel in the Giacosas’ iconic Neive and Alba vineyards are suitable for growing Nebbiolo for their iconic Barbarescos and, on those few spots, for the most part located at the highest part of these sites, Barbera is the obvious choice...
$33.99
2022 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore
2022 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore
One of the grandest of the Grand Maestri of Piemonte’s ‘Greatest Generation’ of wine pioneers, Bruno Giacosa only began bottling his own wine in the 1960s, but his legendary perfectionism in the cellar and amazing instincts with regards...
$55.99
2022 Cascina Penna-Currado Dolcetto d'Alba 'Bricco Lago'
2022 Cascina Penna-Currado Dolcetto d'Alba 'Bricco Lago'
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...
$39.99
2022 Cornarea Roero Arneis
2022 Cornarea Roero Arneis
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...
$31.99
$29.99
2022 Margherita Otto Langhe Nebbiolo
2022 Margherita Otto Langhe Nebbiolo
We first met Alan Manley in, of all places, the Bartolo Mascarello cellar in the town of Barolo. It was Alan who showed us around this cathedral of traditional Barolo winemaking until Maria-Theresa could free herself up for our appointment. Turns out...
$44.99
2023 Bisol Jeio Prosecco Rose
Bisol
2023 Bisol Jeio Prosecco Rose
Crafted by the Bisol family in the heart of Valdobbiadene, Jeio’s rosé brings a quiet sophistication to the world’s most easygoing sparkler. A blend of Glera and Pinot Nero, it shows steady streams of fine bubbles and aromas of wild...
$19.99
2023 Braida-Giacomo Bologna 'La Regina' Langhe Nascetta DOC
2023 Braida-Giacomo Bologna 'La Regina' Langhe Nascetta DOC
Nascetta is Piemonte’s forgotten white gem, and Braida treats it royally. The 2023 La Regina glides between fruit and florals—pear, fennel, peach blossom and a lick of wildflower honey—wrapped in brisk acidity. Think Gavi but with way...
$29.99
$22.99
2023 Cornarea Roero Arneis
2023 Cornarea Roero Arneis
Price $33.99/CASE PRICE $360/$30 per bottle 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...
$33.99
2023 Elio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba
2023 Elio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba
Sure, this Monforte d’Alba producer is justly famous for their two amazing single-parcel Barolos, both coming from the iconic Ginestra MGA but they do several other things extraordinarily well too.  You already probably familiar with Educato,...
$24.99
2023 Gini Soave Classico
Gini
2023 Gini Soave Classico
People of a certain age still cringe at the word ‘Soave’ as it conjures up the virtual ocean full of really bad wine once grown in the flats along the autostrada near Soave castle between Verona and Venice.  It’s taken a generation...
$24.99
$16.99
2023 La Colombera Dethona Timorasso, Colli Tortonesi
2023 La Colombera Derthona Timorasso, Colli Tortonesi
The affable but driven Elise Semino has become (after the iconic Walter Massa) the best-known producer in all of the Derthona appellation! A passionate advocate for the region, she, along with her father and brother, serves as one of the area’s most...
$34.99
2023 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
2023 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. Most aren’t...
$27.99
2024 Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Vino Rosato, Costa delle Sesia
2024 Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Vino Rosato, Costa delle Sesia
PRICE $21.99, CASE PRICE $240/$20 per bottle One of the old time wineries of the Gattiara region of the Alto Piemonte, under an hour’s drive northwest of Milan-Malpensa airport, the Antoniolo family has been farming these impossibly inhospitable...
$21.99
2024 Elena Walch Schiava, Alto Adige DOC
2024 Elena Walch Schiava, Alto Adige DOC
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...
$23.99
2024 Fratelli Alessandria ‘Speziale’ Verduno Pelaverga
2024 Fratelli Alessandria 'Speziale' Verduno Pelaverga
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...
$32.99
2024 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte
2024 G. D. Vajra Rosabella Rosato IGT Piemonte
The Vajras, one of the first families of the Barolo region of the Langhe approach their production of Rosato with the same seriousness and meticulousness as they do their iconic reds.  At this exalted address, Rose is far more than the afterthought...
$21.99
NV Drusian Sparkling Rose Extra-Dry, 'Rose Mari'
NV Drusian Sparkling Rose Extra-Dry, 'Rose Mari'
Staff Reviews: John Rittmaster: What a shame this was surrounded by so many dry, top-quality rosés, otherwise it would have been great. Excellent backyard party wine that’s not too sweet and balanced nicely. **+ Frank...
$25.99