2020 Casaretti La Rocca Bardolino
Casaretti’s Bardolino is a blend of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella and is certified organic. The robe is limpid red with a watery rim, and…
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2021 Monte Novo Phasianus Chiaretto di Bardolino
This is a charming Chiaretto, certified organic. The blend is 60 percent Corvina, 20 percent Corvinone, and 20 percent Rondinella, and the grapes were…
2014 Cecchi Riserva di Famiglia Chianti Classico Riserva
This wine is principally Sangiovese with a touch of blending grapes, and it is made only in exceptional years, sourced from fruit grown in…
2021 Drusian Prosecco Brut Nature Sui Lieviti Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Sui Lieviti wines are always 100 percent Glera, hand-harvested. The wines earn their sparkle in the bottle (versus autoclave tank, where most…
Two Organic Chianti Rùfina from I Veroni
I Veroni is an historic winery located about ten kilometers due east of Florence, in the Chianti Rùfina region. The estate consists of seventy…
2021 Il Conte Villa Prandone Aurato Valerio Pecorino
I love Pecorino. It doesn’t get enough play. Here, Il Conte Villa Prandone has vinified it cold, in stainless steel, to preserve the delicate…
2021 Castel Salle Schiava Bischofsleiten Sudtirol Alto Adige
Fruit for this Schiava bottling was hand harvested and fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel. The wine spent six months in a mix of…
2021 Eugenio Collavini T Friulano Collio
Collavini ferments and ages their Friulano in stainless steel for a fresh, modern style. It’s light gold color with a heady fragrance of peaches,…
2018 Gaja Ca’ Marcanda Magari Bolgheri
Gaja’s Magari Super Tuscan is 60 percent Cabernet Franc, 30 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10 percent Petit Verdot. It has a fresh ruby color…
The Gravner Notebook
In this hand-illustrated interview, Joško Gravner, a father of the orange wine renaissance, shares his vision, values, and radical new plan
2020 Vietti Arneis Roero
The Vietti Arneis is a perennial favorite. Grown on roughly 30-year-old vines, the grapes are vinified in stainless steel without malolactic. Pale yellow with…
2019 Ciavolich Fosso Cancelli Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo
Ciavolich’s Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is hand-harvested, de-stemmed, crushed, and given 24 to 36 hours of maceration to earn color. Winemaking, with ambient cultures, follows the…