PRIMA Notes: This reminds one that Pinot Nero is, at its core, a red mutation of a white grape, hence its aromatic complexity, alluring texture and food-friendly acidity. But, with the taste of the bottle we had last night still lingering this morning, I...

Let’s start our journey in the Eisaktaller or, as the Italians say, the Valle Isarco.  While still in Italy (for now), this narrow, high altitude valley sits just a few kilometers from the Brener Pass into Innsbruck, Austria.  While this...

The hills are alive!  This is what Heidi would drink!  2020 Weingut Kofererhof Sylvaner, Eisaktaler-Valle Isarco, Sudtirol-Alto Adige If a wine could perfectly express its origins, the Kofererhof’s Sylvaner might be one of the most...

Wine Country: Italy Wine Subregion: Trentino-Alto Adige Wine Varietal: Gewurztraminer

It’s not hard to find Pinot Grigio out there.  There’s a virtual ocean of it made from the flatlands of Trentino and the Veneto available for your easy-drinking pleasure.  But those inexpensive but often character-deficient PGs give...

Get your Schiava on with this gorgeous, light-on-its feet mélange of strawberries and rose petals. What a springtime treat!  A taste of the Alps!

Winery Notes:  Pinot Grigio, is one of the noblest varieties of the Burgundy family of wine grapes. It prefers the lightly clayey soils of the mid and lower Valle Isarco that give it unique strength and expression.

40% Riesling, 20% Chardonnay, 15% Gewurztraminer, 15% Kerner, 10% Sauvignon Blanc

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Alto Adige

TASTING NOTES - Bright straw-yellow colour with greenish reflections. The bouquet is pleasingly fruity with impressions of white peach and grapefruit, together with white flowers and minerals, fresh herbs. On the palate it is full, juicy,...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Alto AdigeWine Sub-subregion: Valle IsarcoWine Varietal: Pinot Grigio

2019 Foradori Sgarzon 'Cilindrica' Teroldego 

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Trentino-Alto AdigeWine Varietal: Petit Manseng

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Trentino-Alto Adige

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Trentino-Alto Adige

2019 Foradori Granato Dolomiti IGT 

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Trentino-Alto AdigeWine Varietal: Riesling

 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...

Terlan Muller Thurgau is a delicate pale yellow color. A fine spicy  aroma of grapefruit and white pepper enters into a highly harmonious  relationship with ripe peaches. Taste: With a well-balanced structur and  a lively acidity, this...

Importer's Notes:  Gunther Kershbaumer loves his vineyards. He just doesn’t have enough of them. As the reference point producer in the Isarco River Valley, Kofererhof wines are in high demand, so he’s always looking for new parcels to...

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Alto Adige

Wine Country: ItalyWine Subregion: Basilicata