If you have had experience with older bottles of Mastroberardino’s Taurasi, you will understand the greatness of Tecce’s wines. Mastroberardino’s glory days are in the RIP category, but Tecce lives... read more →
From 85-year-old vines grown at 1800 feet, the grapes ferment in open, old chestnut tini for 40 days. All in all the wine gets five years of aging. Three years... read more →
Lacryma Christi is the DOP created for indigenous grapes grown around the imposing Vesuvius volcano. The piedirosso from the volcano’s southern foot is from own-rooted vines that are between 25... read more →
Another winner from Marco Merli. This ferments for thirty days on the skins in cement tank. Like so many of these new releases, the wine is reduced and lives on... read more →
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos’ Peloponnese vineyards are certified organic with biodynamic sensibilities. His beautiful vineyard work comes through in this grape. And what a grape it is. I’ve never experienced santameriana before. Is... read more →
Dario Serrentino sold grapes for years to Frank Cornelissen and Filippo Rizzo of Lamoresca, got advice from both, and then went to work in his fancy limestone town of Noto.... read more →
Perhaps it’s because I loved 2014 so much, but I’m often fearful of being disappointed by the 2015 vintage. Ferdinando’s entry-level Barolo slays my prejudice. It’s a complete delight. 85%... read more →
The two grapes are blended together and age for over a year in stainless. There is always some reduction in Merli's wines, but in this case, it merely indicates their... read more →
From porphyritic soils, the wine ferments for two weeks in old cement and then heads into steel and large barrel for about another eight months. Gorgeously lush, full of tiny... read more →
This baby Bramaterra’s fruit is sourced from several young vineyards plus one, recently bought, with fifty-year-old vines. This charmer starts out life in concrete then heads to both stainless and... read more →