Fresh & Fragrant Friuli – A Red Pinot Noir & White Friulano from Northeastern Italy

Silvano Gallo was already a recognized winemaker in the far northeastern Italian region of Friuli back when the nearby bordering country of Slovenia was still part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Today, Slovenia is an independent country and member…

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Posted on 2018.11.28 in Saturday Sips Wines, Friuli Venezia Giulia  |  Read more...

 

Bargain Price for a World-Class Italian White

Andrea Felici “Vigna Il Cantico della Figura” (Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Riserva 2013) $166/6-pack (~$28/bottle) The first time we brought in the Felici family‘s vibrant and delicately salty white wine made wholly from the Verdicchio grape variety…

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Posted on 2018.07.18 in Saturday Sips Wines, Marche, Italy  |  Read more...

 

Italy’s Best Rosato?

Agricola Tiberio Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo (2017) ~$21/bottle Special Price (6-pack mix-and-match) SOLD OUT Italian rosato comes in all shades but perhaps the height of the category is Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo. Yet Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo isn’t exactly a rosato. It is an official denomination…

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Posted on 2018.06.06 in Saturday Sips Wines, Abruzzo, Italy  |  Read more...

 

Stunning Wines from Italy’s Lake Garda

There is value almost everywhere you look if you know how to spot it. In this case, value lies in the unheralded agricultural region on the glacial morainic slopes of Lake Garda, in the Valtènesi sub-zone distinguished by superior exposure…

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Posted on 2018.05.16 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

 

Crowd-Pleasing & Fleshy Super Tuscan

Fattoria I Collazzi “Collazzi” (IGT Toscana 2014) Special Price: $243/6-pack (~$40/bottle) SOLD OUT The breathtaking estate of Collazzi lies at the gates of Florence in northern Tuscany. A large part of the estate is covered with olive trees (Collazzi…

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Posted on 2018.04.25 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Tuscany  |  Read more...

 

Classic Barolo from the Outstanding 2010 Vintage

Alessandro and Gian Natale Fantino “Riserva” Cascina Dardi Bussia (Barolo 2010) ~$53/bottle SOLD OUT Barolo is a perfect marriage between a grape and a place. Indeed, the Nebbiolo variety – named after the fogs or “nebbia” that are normal during…

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Posted on 2018.04.04 in Saturday Sips Wines, Piedmont, Italy  |  Read more...

 

Bright & Pure Sardinian Red

Vigne Rada “Riviera” (Cannonau di Sardegna 2016) Red Special Price: $146/6-pack (~$24/bottle) SOLD OUT You already know of our affinity for the wines of the Catalonia region of Spain, and you are certainly aware of our small but carefully selected…

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Posted on 2018.03.24 in Italy, Sardinia  |  Read more...

 

Barbaresco – Hard to Find a Better Value of Soulful Nebbiolo than Silvio Giamello’s 2014 Vicenziana

Silvio Giamello “Vicenziana” (Barbaresco 2014) Special 6-Pack Price: $194 (~$32/bottle) Value is so much more than price. What makes a Nebbiolo-based wine from Italy’s Barbaresco region so special? It’s a tale of a grape variety wholly adapted to the specific…

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Posted on 2018.02.07 in Saturday Sips Wines, Piedmont, Italy  |  Read more...

 

Value Barolo from a Respected Traditionalist in Top Cru

Guido Porro “Vigna Lazzairasco” (Barolo 2013) Special 6-pack price: $243 (~$41/bottle) Guido Porro is the fourth generation at an estate that has always been passed from father to son. He holds close to 20 acres on the western slopes of the Barolo…

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Posted on 2018.01.17 in Saturday Sips Wines, Piedmont, Italy  |  Read more...

 

Saint-Émilion vs. Alto Adige Merlot Cage-Match

~$32 Château Fonroque (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2014) ~$43 Peter Dipoli “Iugum” (Alto Adige 2011) Representing Alto Adige is “Iugum” from Peter Dipoli. Just about every region in the world capable of growing wine grapes produces some Bordeaux-style…

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Posted on 2017.09.01 in France, Bordeaux, Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Trentino Alto Adige  |  Read more...

 

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