Italian Red

A slightly effervescent red wine, light and refreshingly sweet, low alcohol, that should be served chilled. Made in Northwestern Italy's Piedmont region, this 100% Malvasia is a conversation piece of every dinner party. Aromas of rose petals, juicy grapes

Hand harvested and fermented in tank, this 100% Tintilia is a fascinating Adriatic red aged four months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. With a deep and vibrant hue, this 2016 is medium bodied, and richly aromatic with dark, tangy fruit of mor

Braida Braida La Monella Barbera del Monferrato Frizzante 2016

Ottouve Gragnano 2018

Native to the Veneto region, Tai Rosso is a red grape traditionally called “Tocai Rosso” until the European Union designated the Hungarian Tokaji the sole European wine allowed to use the name in 2012. Tai Rosso is a genetic match to Grenache, Cannonau an

At the end of the 1800’s, Giuseppe Benanti, grandfather of Dr. Giuseppe Benanti, began the production of wines on one of his father’s old farms on the slopes of Mount Etna, at Viagrande (Catania). In 1988, Giuseppe revived the family's passion for viticul

Ferrando La Torrazza Canavese Rosso DOC 2017

In Campania’s southern province of Salerno, is Cilento, an area rich with the history of ancient Greek culture and far from the normal tourist routes. Here in the village of Rutino, accompanied by nine four legged companions, Salvatore Magnoni crafts two

Marianna Annio and her husband Raffaele founded Agricole Pietraventosa in the southeasternmost provice of Puglia, in 2009. Today they produce roughly 12,000 bottles of organically grown wine from a 13 acre estate. The vineyards lie about 1,250 above sea l

Ten year old wines usually show their, well, age. Wines from cooperatives can be very middling. Many wines from Puglia are ponderous because weather is warm and overripens grapes. Yet, every now and then a wine turns your head and upends all of your preju

The 2015 Pasqua Passimento is a super-Veneto blend of 40% Merlot, 30% Corvina and 30% Croatina, each hand harvested, then set aside to raisinate in small trays until the grapes lose 30-40% of their water content. This drying process, called appassimento (

This super friendly, light to medium bodied, yet grippy 2017 Massucco Dolcetto d'Alba exemplifies what we enjoy most in northern Italian reds - inviting perfume, savory red fruit and appetite inducing freshness.  It's unusual to find a wine under $15 that

Since 2003 and only in the best years Casaloste bottles a superb IGT, Inversus. His name was inspired by a particular genetic condition (in Latin "Situs Viscerum inversus") for which all the main visceral organs positioned in a specular manner, without in

The Chianti Classico Casaloste was produced for the first time with the vintage 1993 and since then has always respected the character of the younger Sangiovese, made elegant by the small note of Merlot. A wine that expresses the genuineness of the Tuscan

When you taste approximately 5000 wines per year you think you’ve seen and tasted everything, but then there appears a wine from somewhere on the earth of which you’ve never heard. Ischia is a 24 square mile (1/3 the size of D.C.) island 19 miles off the

Exuberant and exciting, the 2013 Barolo is 100% Nebbiolo from 30 year old vines and a fantastic new edition to the Domenico Clerico family. This wine was first introduced in 2011. Before then, the estate only made cru expressions. There is so much intens

A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 10% Alicante Bouschet, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2013 Caburnio is a dark and compelling expression from the Tuscan Coast. The bouquet is vertical and bright with nicely delineated tones of ca

This 2012 Palistori Rosso is one of three wines made at the Valgiano estate. It is an honest and generous wine composed primarily of Sangiovese with small amounts of Merlot and Syrah blended to offer a structure that is traditionally Tuscan - stylisticall

Lovers of Nebbiolo-based wines like Barolo and Barbaresco might find the wines of Valtellina a bit surprising. The region’s location in northern Lombardy on the Italian/Swiss border produces a different style wine from this normally tannic grape. Higher a

Luca Ferraris Ruche di Castagnole "Bric d'Bianc" Monferrato DOCG 2016