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: The color Ampeleia Rosato di Ampeleia is a magical pink, reminiscent of coral reefs. Wild berry fruit jump from the glass with strawberry and raspberry at first, followed by honeydew melon, currants and a slight... Read More
Tasting Notes: Rosso di Valtellina is Barbacan’s work horse of a wine. It is a grippy mountain Nebbiolo with expressive berry fruit, a touch of forest floor and bits of leather. It is a complex wine showing layers of flavor... Read More
Tasting Notes: Nose characterized by a fresh fruity and floral tone, arranged on tones of violet, blackberry juice and raspberries.Pashka is pleasantly fresh, enriched with a nice sapid in the finish.... 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: 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: Previously, the estate was divided into two bodies, La Stoppa and Macchiona. Macchiona is the name of a farmhouse found among the most traditional red grape vineyards of the Colli Piacentini, the qualities of which... Read More
Estate History: Mirafiore was founded in 1858 by Emanuele Mirafiore, son of Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele II. With its range of unique wines, highly distinctive in origin, character and personality, by the end of the century... 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 Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Fiore has notes of ripe lemons and melon, while remaining dry on the finish. This wine is very fresh and is great as an aperitif or with lighter fair. The free run juice... 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
Tasting Notes: This wine is sourced from the San Valentino vineyard in Montefalco the soil of which is dominated by clay. The vineyard is at 1300 feet altitude. The composition of the Montefalco Rosso is 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino... Read More