After falling in love with Merlot during a visit to Bordeaux, Dan Duckhorn started producing Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot in 1978. In the years since, grapes from the Napa portion of Carneros have played a pivotal role in our Napa Valley Merlot program...
Winery Notes: Attractive appearance with an intense ruby-red color with purple hints, a vinous aroma, sometimes fruity, and a dry taste with a full body and a pleasant touch of bitterness
Rutherford’s Whitehall Lane has always been for us more than just another fun winery visit along Highway 29. All the way back to its founding by the Finkelstein brothers back in 1979, it’s always been a destination for terrific, terroir-driven reds and...
What do you do when your spouse insists on great White Burgundy but you’re too cheap to spend an arm and a leg to keep peace in the family? The obvious answer is to buy Macon Village and lie about the price. With a wine like the 2020...
Winery Notes: An absolute delicacy of pure wine as this cuvee is vinified without sulfites and bottled without filtration. The crunch of the fruit freshly acidulated and without tannins will let you succumb to the pleasure of...
WINE DESCRIPTION - The Greco variety was originally cultivated on the slopes of Vesuvius, where it was given the name Lacryma Christi. It was later planted in the province of Avellino, where it was given the denomination Greco di Tufo. The...
After her star turn on TV with Stanley Tucci a few years ago, Arianna’s wines have become even more popular!
2023 Arianna Occhipinti ‘SP68’ Rosso, Terre Siciliane $33.99
2022 Arianna Occhipinti Il...
It’s time to play Sommelier Jeopardy! ‘I’ll take obscure Italian white wine grapes for $500, please, John.’ ‘This rare grape is native to the Veneto and most often used to make Passito wines in the small...
Those of us in the wine business, well, those of us who truly love wine anyway, make no pretense towards absolute impartiality when it comes to judging our favorites. We form deep emotional attachments to some wines and they become more like old...
Price $22.99, Case Price $240/$20This wine, over the years, has made a ton of friends here for the Dolcetto grape, and proved that this iconic winemaking family takes everything they do very seriously. Already known for producing some of the most...
Flavio Roddolo is one of those true originals you can still find in Langhe hills. From his tiny, careworn cellar and farmhouse on the Bricco Appiani hilltop near Monforte d’Alba, he produces all of 20,000 bottles annually of truly original,...
Vinous: 94+ PointsThe 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is a big step up from the 2013. Powerful, classy and refined, the 2014 offers notable intensity, but in the mid-weight, restrained style that has always characterized Bart and Daphne Araujo's wines. The...
Winery Notes: The six hectare Monprivato vineyard is beautifully situated facing southwest, in the town of Castiglione Falletto. The Mascarellos now own all of Monprivato (having purchased small plots from a couple of neighbors in the period...
Winery Notes: Margherita Otto is a new winery located in Monforte d’Alba founded by an American (turned Piemontese!), Alan Manley. Alan grew up in Westchester, NY, and later moved to Colorado where he ran his own restaurant for many years. It...
Wine Spectator, 97 PointsDensely packed, with lots of warmed fig, mulled blueberry, açai berry and blackberry paste flavors rolling through, scored with graphite and tar notes, carrying through a finish that has a smoldering feel. A long licorice...
Since so many of you asked about what Pacenti 2016 Brunello was available, I’ve put together a modest offer for the few precious cases of the Vecchie Vigne (old vines) cuvee still at our disposal. These are coming directly from...
If you followed our @prima_dublin Instagram during Brandon and my recent trip to Italy, you’ll already know all about the high-quality sparkling wines of Franciacorta DOCG in Northern Italy. This appellation couldn’t be any more picturesque;...
Professional RatingsDecanter - 93 pointsBeautiful depth, density and complexity, and a lovely spice, along with softer touches of floral aromatics. Successfully holds juice and tension through the palate. A clear feeling of family relation to its bigger...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 95 Points: The medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Malescot St. Exupery leaps from the glass with expressive scents of baked blackberries, Morello cherries and boysenberries with hints of blackcurrant...
Tasting Notes: Color: bright straw yellow. Aromatic Profile: fruity and floral, notes of acacia, green apple, peach and apricot. Taste Profile: savory and mineral, persistent with elegant finish. Nice acidity and balanced structure.
Wine Country: Italy
Wine Subregion: Piemonte
Wine Sub-subregion: Barbaresco
Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo
Another stupendous effort from the Rocca sisters! Totally surprised we even had this….
Winery Notes: Two Squared wines are designed to be approachable in both flavor and price. Opulent, fruit-driven and generous, with a backbone of acidity and elegance, these wines are produced by masterful blending across terroirs evocative of Napa...
Vinous Media 94 points : The 2019 Zinfandel Papera Ranch shows a slightly more reserved side of the Russian River. Readers should plan on cellaring this for at least a year or two as the acids and tannins are pretty tightly wound...
Importer's Notes: 100% Barbera From small parcels in the Serraboella vineyard in Neive, 350 meters elevation, Clay soil, Southeast-facing, Vine aged 25 yearsFermentation and maceration over 8-12 days in steel vats at controlled...
PRIMA Notes: The 2019 Langhe Nebb, we’ve loved it ever since it first went into the bottle and it has only gotten better with the extra time in the bottle. While Chiara sometimes glibly calls her Nebbiolo a ‘Baby Barolo,’ I...
PRIMA Notes: Tasting through winemaker Ehren Jordan’s lineup of Failla Pinots , Syrahs and Chardonnays is like spending a day wandering the West Coast’s best vineyards, smelling the salty coastal air and tasting the soil. They are amazingly...
I stumbled upon these two gems while leafing through an importer’s book and my eyes nearly jumped out of my head! Do these unicorns really exist? This blue chip Barolo Cannubi from a vintage pretty much considered as one of the best vintages ever from...
Winery Notes: The 2020 is very similar to the 2019 – the fruit was ripe and absolutely stunning. The resultant wine shows lush black fruit, it is rounded and fleshy with a salinity that calls for a fine steak. This wine has a short vatting...
99 points James Suckling :A beautifully layered red with blackcurrant, hazelnut and lead-pencil character and fine, velvety tannins. Full-bodied and reserved. It’s like a tightly knit ball of polished tannins that are cashmere in texture. So very...
I first fell in love with this family operation, now well over a decade ago, while visiting the Fantinos’ sleek winery perched high above the town of Monforte d’Alba for a group tasting event. Conterno-Fantino were part of the Langa-In...
shipping included on 6 bottles, mix and match with the Brunello
We don’t often see Billaud-Simon’s must-coveted Chablis at PRIMA. Their wines tend to be very allocated, quite expensive and most-often sucked up by the world’s top...
Even in a country known for producing the best value wines in the world, the Quiles Cono 4 from Alicante stands out as an unbelievable bargain! The winery makes the legendary Fondillon, a Monastrell aged in a solera begun in 1948 as well as several...
Hey now! This is really delicious Sonoma Cab for $25! When was the last time we said that!? Rockpile is, of course, the unique and very aptly named appellation perched high over the Dry Creek Valley and Lake Sonoma. Known mainly for its wonderfully...
The story goes that the late, great Domenico Clerico, back in 1981, created the first Arte quite by mistake, accidentally racking a barrel of Barbera into a barrel of Nebbiolo. But that story seemed to change every...
We love the dark, effusive, dramatic style of the Pinot Noirs from the Sta Rita Hills appellation, the twin east-west running valleys that run from Solvang to Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. The wines hailing from these cool, coastal rolling hills...
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The vineyards of Le Piane are located in Boca, the highest elevation area in Piedmont. After being abandoned for a lengthy period due to the heavy industrialization in...
Winery Notes: Child’s Play wines are made to be enjoyed upon release— straight forward, fruit focused and delicious, yet can be aged for a few years if you prefer (1-3 years from vintage date for our Chardonnay). Whether it’s a...
If what I hear from you customers means anything, just about everyone has been to Rome this year. At least it seems that way. It makes me insanely jealous to hear about all the great meals you’ve been enjoying there, if not the crowds...
We promise you, despite the momentary relapse into winter, our gorgeous California spring is on the way and this is the perfect wine for patio sipping. Susasi means, in the Piemontese dialect, ‘chosen’ and every year the Deltettos...
An elegant and vibrant Sauvignon Blanc from one of Sancerre’s most esteemed vineyards. Exhibiting fresh citrus, green apple, and flinty mineral notes, this wine is crisp and refreshing with a lingering finish. Perfect for pairing with seafood, goat...
There’s Chablis and there there’s Chablis, and Regnard’s Grand Regnard has long been one of the best! Calling this producer ‘venerable’ is an understatement, and their wines, dating back to the nineteenth century, are...
Wine Country: America
Wine Subregion: California
Wine Sub-subregion: Russian River Valley
Wine Varietal: Chardonnay
Prices include shipping on 6 bottles(mixed any way you like) or more
Our allocation of DuMOL’s 2022 single...
Regular Price $65.00, Super Insiders Only Price $49.99 Shipping is included on 6 or more bottles, mixed and matched any way you likeWhen Far Niente set out to make a wine restaurateurs could offer at a more accessible price than their much-coveted estate...
We are really pleased to include the Scions of Sinai Pinotage in this month’s il Consorzio di PRIMA, another of the unique and special wines from PRIMA alum, Peter Andrews, and his new import company, Culture Wine Company. Peter, in multiple...
Nothing better than good ol’ Zinfandel when one’s fancy turns to spring-summer grillin.’ When it comes to Zinfandel, there’s one that stands head and shoulders over all the others when it comes to curing what ails you...
Great Bandol Rose is one of life’s great pleasures. This totally unique appellation at the very south of France near Marseilles is as coastal as it gets yet the heat-loving Mourvedre grape thrives under the Provencal sunshine too, creating a...
Even though we know it’s warm out there and the temptation to open this right away is irresistible, we recommend you save some too. We just drank our last 2021 at home. - JRFrom the alpine hills of the Alta Piemonte comes this absolutely sensational dry...