From the big toe of Italy comes a stunner. The vines are six years young and the resulting wine is puppy-like in energy. I couldn’t stop drinking it. Vinified in... read more →
In this part of Calabria the soils are limestone, the sun is strong and the wines are rich. This one is raised with no temperature control, in stainless. The softening... read more →
You’ve always wanted an Erbaluce to knock your socks off, right? Here it is from the Erbaluce di Caluso DOC not far from Torino. This is a stunning wine. It... read more →
Monferrato in the Piemonte region has many varied terroirs and one of them is Gamalero, an hour and twenty minutes south of Malpensa. The soils are sandy and silty. There... read more →
Mountain nebbiolo is to die for, and the slopes are so steep some actually do. This Grumello, from slate and limestone soils, bottles a sublime example of grape and place.... read more →
A totally stainless approach to nebbiolo, from forty-year-old vines in the Le Coste di Monforte d’Alba vineyards as well as some younger vines—destined to grow up into barolo, from the... read more →
Rolfo makes simple and sincere wines, great for crowds and simple dinners at home. The wine was raised in stainless and is super fresh with great concentration. A lovely barbera... read more →
Marco Rizzardi works high above Emilia out of the appellation, on limestone soils in an Alpine-like climate. He makes stunningly elegant wines. All of them. The work is mostly in... read more →
Ferdinando makes three different Barolos. This is his most early drinking. From 3.5 acres of younger vines (20 years old) in the Serralunga Boscareto vineyard. It’s aged for 24 months... read more →
In 1995, Alessandra Bera's brother Gian Luigi wanted to make some passito out of moscato. But the grapes became effected by botrytis, so they were pressed immediately and put into... read more →