Tasting Notes: The Al di la Fiume Albana Fricando is is amphora fermented & macerated Albana, a rare, deep-golden colored grape indigenous to Bologna. The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered and left on the skins for some time... Read More
Tasting Notes: For the Bianco di Ampeleia we have recovered an old vineyard near the winery and grafted it with indigenous varieties of the Mediterranean Basin. A field-blend, as according to tradition, mostly of Trebbiano grapes... Read More
Tasting Notes: Bucce means skins, as in macerated on the skins / macerato sulle bucce. This macerato / orange wine is very drinky: sour Mirabelle plums, sea salt, and dried white flowers float on bass notes of coastal wild rosemary... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Scarparo, or the Cobbler/Shoemaker of Terzo la Pieve owned this small vineyard of Malvasia Bianca for almost ten years in complete abandonment. The Mattioli family have recovered the vines, cutting the brambles... Read More
Estate History: Azienda Agricola COS was founded in 1980 by Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti and Cirino Strano. These three old school friends started out making wines for pleasure and ended up transforming the future of... Read More
Tasting Notes: The light skin contact on the Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Bianco results in a combination of density as well as elegance and makes this wine very suited to accompany a wide variety of dishes and cuisine, from fish... Read More
Tasting Notes: Ageno first impresses with it's deep golden color and exotic aromas that burst from the glass. Bruised apple, ginger, ripe stone fruits all come to mind in this super expressive skin-contact orange wine. The... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Zamo Orange Zero is a skin-contact 'orange' wine made from Malvasia. Slight tannins, ripe apricot, and hints of hazelnut come through.
Estate History: Le Vigne di Zamò dates back to 1924 and has... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium Ruscum is an orange wine made from Malvasia and Trebbiano grown and produced by nuns in Lazio. The operation is overseen by Giampero Bea of the Paolo Bea winery in Umbria.... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Montozzi Trebbiano is a lively and beautiful expression of the grape. It is macerated in contact with the skins of the white grapes for a period of seven days for added structure and weight. The wine showcases... Read More
Tasting Notes: 60% Zibibbo/40% Albanello. The two varieties are native to Sicily--Zibibbo is more widely known as Muscat of Alexandria--and are grown on red sand soils over limestone rock, with vines averaging 15 years old on... Read More
Estate History: References in the archives of Montefalco, the beautiful hill town in Umbria, document the presence of the Bea family in this locality as early as 1500. This tiny estate is the classic Italian fattoria, producing... Read More
Tasting Notes: The second of Bea’s two early and highly influential skin-macerated white wines, “Santa Chiara” hails from the fabled Pagliaro cru, and combines roughly equal proportions of five varieties: Garganega,... Read More
