This red’s satiny texture allows it to gloss over the palate with utter delicacy, while suggestions of smoke, white pepper, and brandied cherries linger after each sip.
Unusual for La Morra, the soil here is rich in limestone with veins of chalk, giving Giulia’s most dense, profound, earth- and mineral-driven Barolo.
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
Fresh and vibrant, bursting with every imaginable fruit, ripe off the tree.
From the flowers on the nose to the fruit on the palate, and on through the succulent finish, it’s simply a joy to drink.
The playful label, created by the late, famous Italian comics artist Sergio Staino, belies this wine’s class, structure, and ageability. Made from Riserva-quality Barolo Nebbiolo, it’s a throwback to the Baroli of yesteryear, profound and stately with notes of cherries, tar, blood orange, and spice.
A stellar, artisanal red Vermouth whose uses are endless.
Dry red Italian sparkling wine with dinner? You’ll love it.
A rosé made via ancient methods from ashy soils high on Mount Etna.
This oil is light, aromatic, and flavorful—perfect for fish, salads, and other Mediterranean cuisine
No lack of minerality in this perfumed white from the Italy-Austria border.
Crisp and lean with mouthwatering minerality, Nössing’s Riesling is one of great finesse and precision.
Crafted from the local variety Minutolo, Pástini’s Rampone preserves lip-smacking acidity and low alcohol despite the baking-hot Puglian summers
Sumptuous, yet bone dry with a stony finish. It’s just easy to love.
April Club Gourmand ~ Finding a wine as tasty and versatile at this price is not an easy task.
Pair this coastal fizzy white with spicy shrimp.
Giamello’s Langhe Nebbiolo is fresh and vibrant, evoking cherries, roses, and a touch of tar.
This is the true alchemy of Quintarelli, a wine that has everything: fruit, length on the palate, and beguiling, layered aromatics.
Each refreshing sip goes down lighter than air, keeping your palate clean and refreshed for whatever comes next.
Real refreshment, plus a serious side and good concentration from old vines in chalky marl soils.
This cuvée is dark-fruited velvet in a bottle.
While charming now, Le Coste di Monforte will reward you for many years to come.
A delightfully crisp seaside quaffer that transports us to the Mediterranean coast with bright, lemony freshness and sea-breeze salinity.
170-year-old own-rooted Rossese Bianco, four days on skins, raised in acacia barrels—a Ligurian heirloom!
A reserve bottling made from Kante's best barrels of citrusy, salt-kissed Malvasia. Aged eight years before release, the wine is textured, vibrant, and delightfully decadent.
Giulia’s most high-toned wine, offering delicate florals and tart berry fruit with laser-like precision. It is a racy and perfumed Barolo for those who appreciate wines of great finesse.
A profound red wine full of depth, liveliness, and old-school, rustic character; the intensely gripping, ashy-fine tannin is a trademark of wines from Contrada Pino.
Always one of the dreamiest versions of the variety we import—ethereal and bright, with notes of orange peel and pink peppercorn.
There’s a quality that almost feels mouth-cleansing; like a spoonful of zesty citrus sorbet in the middle of a multi-course meal.
You’re going to bring your martini game to a whole ’nother level with this dry Piedmontese Vermouth.
Alessandro Fantino’s Riservas are as good as Barolo gets.
Offers an absolutely electric perfume loaded with bright notes of pomegranate, sour cherry, and fresh strawberry, while the palate delivers bracing acidity and a chiseled, chalky finish.
Grottafumata’s first release from the “Vigna degli Architetti” delivers deep, ripe fruit with elegance and grace.
This red, made from the local Montepulciano grape, is aged in tank and bottle to refine its pleasantly rustic personality.
A quintessential house wine from Piemonte’s less-traveled side.
A dense and chiseled Aglianico from old vines at elevation.
Verdeca, a specialty around the town of Locorotondo, stars in this bottling that drinks like a southern Prosecco: light, crisp, and citrusy, with a playful bead.
Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are some of our favorites.
The family’s top bottling of Prünent from a single vineyard is aged for an extra year in large cask and has another gear, and many corners and crevices to explore.
Cask-aged Sardinian Cannonau yields a quintessential Mediterranean red.
A one-of-a-kind, high-altitude, fully dry Moscato. Bright fruit and granitic minerality in an utterly thirst-quenching package.
This old-vine Carricante gets its luxurious golden hue from four days of skin contact, a traditional process on Etna that really brings out the distinctive scents of this special place.
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
A delicate and savory palate, framed by fine Nebbiolo tannins and plenty of refreshing acidity, suggests it will live a long and prosperous life
Dessert Wine Sale Selection, 20% off this month! A sublime late harvest of Malvasia that is sumptuously delightful with a perfectly tart bite.
Who could resist such a heavenly ambrosia, with its scent of kaleidoscopic spring wildflowers, fragrant citrus blossoms, and succulently ripe grapes?
A field blend of Vermentino and other native Sardinian grapes, one week maceration; deep, broad, savory, and salty
Sesti‘s Rosso di Montalcino, with its seductive and mood-enhancing perfume, is like a delicious elixir of black cherry, bitter herbs, and fragrant violet.
Prime placement in a great vineyard site provides exquisite balance, gentle tannin, and notes of brambly fruit.
This new release highlights a parcel shielded from the hottest hours of afternoon sun by tall silver oaks (lecci), yielding a gentler Chianti characterized by dark, sultry fruit, luxurious spice, and velvety tannins.
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops, 4 days on skins, fermented dry and aged in barrel—heavenly with sea urchin pasta
Bright, intense green with hints of fennel and parsley, a Tuscan treasure.
This Santa Maria is coursing with raw beauty, exuding rose petals and turned earth and finishing with tannins fine as silk.
The wines produced from La Tartufaia are textbook examples of classically structured Barolo typical of the area.
One of the most prestigious vineyard sites in his village of Monforte d’Alba, if not all of Barolo.
This 2017 is compact and absolutely brimming with energy, culminating in a grippy, stony tannin.
Beautiful, classic Barolo nose. Intense depth. Fresh and complex.
Biodynamically farmed, Brunello-quality grapes with the thrill of early and festive drinkability.
A delicious Chianti Classico for now or later, with extraordinary potential at table.
A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
2023 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore “Capovolto”
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
It’s both inviting––it makes for a lovely apéritif––and angular, prime to accompany lemony pasta dishes, clams, or flavorful and rich vegetarian lasagnas.
You’d be right to be skeptical of a Nebbiolo from Sardinia, but from a top-notch terroir high in the mountains, it is something else entirely.
A decidedly bright, aromatic, almost exotic Chianti, with aromas of black olive, violets, iron, and smoked meat.
This gives it a mesmerizing, Meursault-like tension between fuller body and almost creamy texture on one hand and high-acid, citrusy flavors on the other.
Delicate floral perfume, medium body, and velvety tannin.
2021 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva “Passolento”
La Marca di San Michele
Italy | Le Marche
A luscious Verdicchio with layered textures that white Burgundy lovers chase after.
Volcanic soils confer mouthwatering salinity to the Garganega grape in this racy, textured white.
This is the true alchemy of Quintarelli, a wine that has everything: fruit, length on the palate, and beguiling, layered aromatics.
Its dark fruit is boldly mouth-filling, yet smooth and juicy, even crunchy when served with a slight chill.
This low-alcohol, youthful bianco has a subtle, chalky texture you might find in much pricier French Chablis.
Let this aromatic Piemontese vermouth spice up your cocktail game, or sip it on the rocks with an orange peel garnish.
Durella with a splash of Chardonnay—rich texture, laser-sharp acidity, and bone-dry finish.
This delicious, handy dandy olive oil is the ultimate stocking stuffer for the adventurers on your list. The slim metal bottle makes it ideal for on-the-go EVOO indulgence.
Ample, deep, and succulent, this enthralling Brunello is already highly rewarding.
Four months of skin contact leaves this Garganega from Vignato Davide bursting with fragrant clementine and almond blossoms, while volcanic soil imparts lingering salinity.
A spritzy rosato with scents of frutti di bosco and wildflowers.
Already elegant, this Barolo shows astonishing poise and a different mesmerizing feature of its kaleidoscopic personality every time you take a sip.
Dry, chalky, and just the right combination of fleshy and lean. Serious sparkling wine.
Merlot and Cabernet Franc born from such high altitudes display classic cedar, graphite, and black cherry notes, but with smooth, velvety tannins that bely the bottle’s youthful age.
“Sciavè is the result of ancient clones of Nero d’Avola which, besides exalting the limestone matrix of its terroir of origin in the Eloro appellation, carry forth the elegance gleaned from patiently aging the wine in barrel.”
This smooth and noble wine has the depth and structure to pair with venison or other wild game while remaining immediately approachable. There are no rough edges!
All the depth, concentration, and intensity imaginable are densely packed into a tight, firm, chewy package.
Fumin truly is, as Feuillet’s vigneron Maurizio Fiorano puts it, “an age-old pearl of local enology.”
A contender for Italy’s best Pinot Nero.
The 2022 has a sweet nose with summery whiffs of peach and apricot, a silky mid-palate, and a lovely citrus and mineral finish.
Always a standout, it is lithe, racy, and elegant, while not lacking the stony backbone for which great Greve is known.
A field blend of Vermentino and other native Sardinian grapes, one week maceration; deep, broad, savory, and salty
True to the region, it has exuberant, piquant fruit, both peppery and floral throughout.
You’d be right to be skeptical of a Nebbiolo from Sardinia, but from a top-notch terroir high in the mountains, it is something else entirely.
Supple, pretty notes of freshly crushed blackberries and raspberries—it will pair well with pretty much anything.
Aromas of wildflowers, saffron, beeswax, and Mediterranean herbs. Rich, fleshy, and focused, all at just 12% alcohol.
Gentle tannins and mouthwatering red fruit—this is young Barbaresco at its most pleasurable.
Old-vine Moscato from Sardinian mountaintops. It is heavenly with sea urchin pasta.
Bone-dry and tangy, with brambly black fruit and a bold, old-school Italian bite.
Among the most perfect country wines we carry on our shelves.
This rare red variety has a straightforward freshness and light herbal spiciness.
From the flowers on the nose to the fruit on the palate, and on through the succulent finish, it’s simply a joy to drink.
Notes of Cassis, black cherries, and espresso draw you into the glass and keep you coming back to decipher what makes this cuvée and terroir so special.
The old-school, vino rosso of our dreams—serve it chilled, perhaps in a glass pitcher, for full trattoria effect.
This 2018 is compact and absolutely brimming with energy, culminating in a grippy, stony tannin.
A delicious Chianti Classico for now or later, with extraordinary potential at table.
This dreamy wine reaffirms that we should turn more often to Piedmont not only for our reds but also for our whites!
Offers an absolutely electric perfume loaded with bright notes of pomegranate, sour cherry, and fresh strawberry, while the palate delivers bracing acidity and a chiseled, chalky finish.
Aromas of wildflowers, saffron, beeswax, and Mediterranean herbs. Rich, fleshy, and focused, all at just 12% alcohol.
The fruit—think cherries and strawberries—is more reserved, with smoke and stones sharing the stage.
The Fantino brothers’ Riservas are as good as Barolo gets.
The interplay of salinity, bitters, and a waxy richness tug at the palate in every direction, providing a textural experience you’ll particularly appreciate at table.
Concentrated, youthful, and soulful, this Sangiovese is enchanting now, but it has a long life full of gorgeous evolution ahead.
A citrusy and floral sparkler with a stony, bone-dry finish. Mamma mia!
This brisk, fizzy, stony nectar has an undeniable gift for bestowing unparalleled palate stimulation and mental reinvigoration.
With its light and elegant notes of citrus and orchard fruit, this is one of the stand-out, exquisitely crafted wines of this region.
First class depth and complexity on par with village level White Burgundy, but with a Friulian slant. Zingy adicity with citrus and apple notes.
A sparkling wine from Mount Etna that tastes like a day spent in the sun. Notes of juicy blood orange and pineapple have salty, flinty inflections from the small vineyard’s volcanic home by the sea.
This low-alcohol Etna white shows subtly smoky aroma complemented by notes of yellow fruit, herbs, and wild broom.
Expect bright berry fruit with floral notes, a touch of smoke and leather, silky spice, and an earthy, mineral finish.
Edi’s bottling of the local Malvasia Istriana grape is a delightful way to get to know the wind-whipped slice of Friuli that hugs the Slovenian border.
You’ll find whiffs of both Burgundy and Barolo in this single-vineyard bottling from vines planted in 1930, but it is unmistakably Etna.
This Sylvaner, from high in the Dolomites, is a finely channeled mountain breeze, an exercise in textural delicacy that will leave your palate tingling with the sensation of crispy minerals.
When I asked winemaker Lorenzo Mocchiutti why he only bottles this wine in magnum, he said it is because it is so delicious a regular-size bottle is just not enough.
With a regal perfume that is both sweet and savory, a ripe berry fruit accented by balmy herbs and earthy wafts of incense, this enthralling Brunello is already approachable, but will reward you if you set aside a few bottles to open over the next ten years.
There’s no mistaking this red for anything other than Nebbiolo—perfectly ripe fruit and the telltale scents of tar and roses.
Lovely now with a slight chill, their Refosco has a stimulating, stony backbone that ensures a slow evolution through the years.
The wine’s salinity finds balance with a delightfully tart note of lemon rind.
The uncommon location and treatment capture a different face of this very familiar variety, deep and mouth-filling yet carrying a bracing jolt of limey acidity.
April Club Gourmand ~ Rada’s dense, minty Cagnulari is a reminder to take Sardinian reds very seriously.
Supremely crisp and mineral, this is an ideal representation of this coastal region and perfect for seafood.
The wine offers a seductive red berry note, but also a savory balsamic element, balanced by a grippy, mineral backbone.
Ultra elegant yet energized, fresh, and juicy. An all-natural wine that’s just easy to love.
The perfume of rose petals and vivid red berry fruit, along with the delicate, fine-grained tannin, make this a truly special Rosso.
Ripe, deep, and almost extravagant in its breadth of aroma and flavor, while a dense, tightly knit core of firm acidity and fine-grained tannins make up a rigid spine.
A fleshy and savory unfiltered Vermentino from northern Sardinia.
This inky, chewy blend of Cannonau with the native Muristellu boasts a strikingingly wild perfume that soars from the glass.
This site yields a lively, focused Rosso, featuring a mineral backbone that provides crystalline structure to the juicy, savory red fruit that cascades over the palate.
Notes of Cassis, black cherries, and espresso draw you into the glass and keep you coming back to decipher what makes this cuvée and terroir so special.
It’s tart and juicy like a fresh mandarin, with invigorating acidity ideally suited to cut through the region’s signature Parmigiano-Reggiano and prosciutto di Parma.
Floral notes and silky berry fruit showcase Etna’s gentler, but by no means weaker, side.
This is unadulterated, bone-dry, incredibly stimulating, low-alcohol Garganega frizzante from the unheralded volcanic hills of Gambellara.
The first jar feels like a special treat, but by the second or third you realize they’re a pantry staple.
Sporting rich primary fruit, an intense granitic backbone, and mellow tannins, this monument to Sardinian viticulture delivers impressive power.
The grapes are dried for several days after harvest, then pressed and aged in barrel to give an equally lively red with a bit more guts and bass notes.
The unique blend of Favorita, Moscato, Arneis, and Chardonnay is dry but not tart, fruity but not cloying, and held together with a gentle effervescence.
2024 Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro “Monovitigno”
Fattoria Moretto
Italy | Emilia-Romagna
This fully dry, frothy red from Fattoria Moretto might just be Italy's happiest wine.
Garrones’ first vintage from the historic site of La Fornace shows plenty of age-worthy structure, density, and ripe notes of cherry, plum, and leather.
Arneis has enough luscious, peachy body to satisfy Chardonnay drinkers, along with the mouthwatering zip of a good Sauvignon Blanc.
Lovely now with a slight chill, their Refosco has a stimulating, stony backbone that ensures a slow evolution through the years.
Always a standout, it is lithe, racy, and elegant, while not lacking the stony backbone for which great Greve is known.
Sommariva’s Prosecco is an obvious choice when looking for a wine for a celebration, or simply to enliven the senses.
Always a standout, it is lithe, racy, and elegant, while not lacking the stony backbone for which great Greve is known.
Muristellu, Caricagiola, and Cannonau make up the blend, giving it plenty of local character and deep, wild fruit you can practically bite into.
Grottafumata means “smoky caves” and that's exactly what I think about when I swish this around. Grown in volcanic soils, it's a perfect balance between smoky tannins and Sicilian grapes.