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
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: 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
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
Tasting Notes: Vivienne is named for Vivienne Westwood, the revolutionary English designer. 60% Trebbiano and 40% Malvasia from 30 year old vines on clay, sand and silt. Co-fermented with 15 days skin maceration. Aged for 6 months... Read More