FREE GROUND SHIPPING ON 6 BOTTLES OR MORE We have a limited amount of Arianna’s much-coveted varietal Frappato from two high-altitude, biodynamically farmed sites averaging close to 50 years of age. Arianna naturally ferments the whole Frappato...

Rosé is great the whole year around and there’s always a good one on the table at Thanksgiving at our house. One of our favorites from Italy just came back into stock—the extraordinary dry rosato from the Amalfi...

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...

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...

$44.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles or more 62-year old Salvo Foti is one of the Etna wine growing region’smost important figures.  So important, you could say, without Salvo’s benevolent assistance, some of the most important...

100% Carricante, unoaked. The Cusumano brothers Diego and Alberto, already well-known for their winemaking success in other parts of Sicily, finally completed their long search for a piece of Mount Etna in 2013, when they acquired three small contrade...

$27.99 CASE PRICE $300/$25 a bottle We’ve got a few really delicious chillable reds in stock right now but most come from the cooler north of Italy.  This guy comes from Sicily and is delicious!  We seldom associate ‘chillable...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: CampaniaWine Sub-subregion: TaurasiWine Varietal: AglianicoBin Location: J8-J10

Mastroberardino, the iconic producer from Campania, is justifiably recognized as the property that single-handedly brought the appellation back to life after WWII and raised the quality and reputation of the entire region in the process. Their portfolio...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Sicily

Michele Perillo is another excellent small farmer and winemaker. He comes from Castelfranci, in the south-east corner of the appellation, about half an hour away from the town of Taurasi itself. His first bottled vintage was 1999, before which he sold...

Like so many regions of Italy, the island of Sardegna is home to a host of indigenous grape varieties, many of which are not grown anywhere else in the world. Out of a list of 100 or so grape types, only a few are likely to show up on the shelves of your...

I remember, back sometime in the mid-1990s, driving from Piemonte to Tucsany with Marco  de Grazia, then the instigator, impresario and importer of the ‘Barolo Boys.’  Even with the taste of the last Barolo we had enjoyed together...

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...

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 in Passopisciaro on the north side of the volcano. Their vineyards sit...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Campania Wine Varietal: 60% Falanghina, 40% Biancolella

Nero d’Avola, a red wine variety that is planted throughout the southern regions of Italy and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, has the potential to be a ‘superstar’ among grape types, with a noble character that challenges Syrah and...