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…
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…
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…
Winemaker and owner Roberta Bricolo has converted her family estate in Bardolino to organic production and now makes a range of red, white, and…
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…
First, a brief memory: I visited Gorghi Tondi in 2017, a guest of sisters Annamaria and Clara Sala. They are the fourth generation to…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
This extra brut traditional method wine is 85 percent Chardonnay and 15 Pinot noir, aged 24 months en tirage prior to disgorgement. The robe…
Alfredo Currado, of Vietti, is credited with rediscovering Arneis, an autochthonous grape of Piemonte, in the 1970s. Its reputation as a varietal wine is…