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 →
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 →
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 →
From the hot-as-hell vintage of 2017 comes a 13.5 ABV grignolino charmer. Usually this tannic grape gets disrespected with the soif treatment—a quick, fizzy ferment. But when you taste this... read more →
Valli Unité is a hippie organic commune and cooperative just north of Genoa in the easternmost part of Piemonte. The wines here are made with ideals and the last bunch... 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 →
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 →
Trediberri was founded in 2007 as a partnership of three men: Nicola Oberto, Nicola’s father Federico (who had been Rennato Ratti’s winemaker and has great land holdings he brought to... read more →
This comes from the Monferrato region of Piemonte, near the Ligurian sea. The 40-50-year-old vines' fruit was fermented in acacia and treated to a modest three days of maceration. The... read more →
Once banned from the library of approved Italian grapes (ouch), slarina is back and this one comes from one of my favorite Piemontese producers. The grape has been on the... read more →