In his day job years back with a conventional producer, Hank vinified plenty of zinfandel, but this is the first he has made to his specific standards and aesthetics. This... read more →
Colombera & Garella is about twenty minutes south of Sostegno and a little further west of the Sesia River. The grapes get ten days maceration and six months of aging.... read more →
Grapes for this one are from a friend’s vineyard and farmed according to the Conti organic standards. The spanna is aged in a combination of small and large used wood... read more →
These grapes get a ten-day maceration before being pressed off. After that, it's three months in the bottle and one year in chestnut and oak barrel. A lovely and expressive... read more →
This is practically all Chiavennasca (nebbiolo) with just a smidge of rossola (a nebbiolo cousin). Fermented in steel, raised in old oak for a year, it then goes back into... read more →
From those pink grantic soils of Itata comes this beauty. 100% whole-cluster carbonic maceration in stainless steel with 21 days on skins, bottled the March after harvest. It's a roller... read more →
Brothers Fabien and Cyril Boisard, situated in Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil, take a simple whole bunch fermentation approach. That approach gives this gulpable wine plenty of serious charm. Fermented in... read more →
Ludwig Bindernagel was a trained architect, so it might make sense that his wines have great infrastructure. This one if from 50-year-old vines, built with a classic “tradition” 80/20 blend... read more →
From the Ionian island of Lefkada, off the western coast of Greece, from 500 meters up comes an unfamiliar grape, from vines that are 35 years old. The 50 days... read more →
There are three hectares of vineyards on this vibrant, biodiverse farm. The wine is raised in Italian amphora and has a few months of skin contact. It weighs in at... read more →