The farm started making wine in 2015 and with such style. I like these wines. First it was the grillo, then the macerated blend and now this—a Terre Siciliane that’s... read more →
The Sera family works 7 steep hectares of vineyards in San Giacomo di Teglio. This is in the magical glacial rock and sediment area of Valtellina, Lombardy, on the border... read more →
Il Vinco is a project of three friends who are on a mission to save some of the older varieties of Lazio, most specifically canaiolo, the blending grape of Chianti.... read more →
Valentina Passalacqua has a lot of hectares—something like 60—in Puglia but when she noticed that the wines from her limestone terroir showed a more pronounced salinity she decided to birth... read more →
There’s such a sense of place in this wine. It could only come from somewhere high and steep—Valtellina. For this I genuflect. Made from 95% nebbiolo, regionally known as chiavennasca,... read more →
From the Marsala area of Sicily, specifically the Contrada Rinazzo, comes a lovely skin contact wine. Ignore the label, which says bianco, because this wine is blessed with a stunning pinkish... read more →
Principiano’s attention to detail, the elegance, everything gets me every time in every bottle. This Barolo is from his part of the Boscareto vineyard, a secret, foresty place full of... read more →
Fabrizio Iuli fell in love with a nearly long-lost grape called slarina. In 2013 he started to revive it, planting a hectare and a half in his Montaldo di Cerrina... read more →
Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →