2020 Medici Ermete Concerto Reggiano Lambrusco
Medici Ermete’s 2020 vineyard-designate Lambrusco is grown organically in the Tenuta la Rampata vineyard. The wine is 100 percent Lambrusco Salamino, and fermentation is…
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2019 Donnafugata Floramundi Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Donnafugata’s Floramundi is 70 percent Nero d’Avola and 30 percent Frappato, two of Sicily’s commercially important native grape varieties. The wine ferments in stainless…
2020 Gorgo Chiaretto Bardolino
Winemaker and owner Roberta Bricolo has converted her family estate in Bardolino to organic production and now makes a range of red, white, and…
2020 Costaripa Valtènesi Rosato Riviera del Garda Classico
Costaripa’s rosé is a blend of autochthonous Italian grapes, half Groppello Gentile, one-third Marzemino, and the balance split between Sangiovese and Barbera. The fruit…
2020 Gorghi Tondi Zibibbo Secco Rajàh Sicilia DOC
First, a brief memory: I visited Gorghi Tondi in 2017, a guest of sisters Annamaria and Clara Sala. They are the fourth generation to…
2018 Ca’ dei Zago Prosecco Valdobbiadene
Ca’ dei Zago’s vintage Prosecco is a col fondo, the ancient method that gives the wine its glitter from a second fermentation in bottle….
2019 Elena Walch Gewürztraminer Kastelaz Alto Adige
Elena Walch’s Gewürz is estate grown in her Kastelaz Vineyard, a south-facing plot that lies at 350m elevation. Its solid gold robe is perfumed…
Firriato Gaudensius Blanc de Noir Brut Metodo Classico Etna
Firrato’s traditional-method sparkling wine is made from 100 percent Nerello Mascalese sourced from the northeastern side of Mt. Etna. It spends 30 months en…
2017 Cantina Terlan Pinot Bianco Vorberg Alto Adige
This varietal Pinot bianco is hand-harvested and fermented with temperature control in large oak barrels. The wine ages for a year, also in barrel,…
2019 Marrone Arneis Tre Fie Langhe
Marrone’s Langhe Arneis is pale yellow with fruity aromatics, specifically a sense of apricot, yellow apple, and pear. Accents of bay leaf and tarragon…
Lantieri Extra Brut Franciacorta
This extra brut traditional method wine is 85 percent Chardonnay and 15 Pinot noir, aged 24 months en tirage prior to disgorgement. The robe…
2019 Vietti Roero Arneis
Alfredo Currado, of Vietti, is credited with rediscovering Arneis, an autochthonous grape of Piemonte, in the 1970s. Its reputation as a varietal wine is…