Ah, Tuscany—home to the Chianti Classico DOCG where towering cypress trees and olive-grove-lined roads wind through vine-covered hillsides, and where today’s release Lot 878 2019 Chianti Classico was sourced. Chianti borders the Maremma, the Italian “Wild West,” which is home to cowboys herding longhorn cattle through vast stretches…
Lot 874 2020 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, according to Wine Spectator, has had plenty of praise (and excellent scores) for the boutique, family-run winery behind it—going so far as to call them out as a “recommended” Italian producer. After tasting this 2020 Abruzzo red, we’re in total agreement (in fact,…
Sangiovese, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello, Super Tuscan… A bit about Sangiovese: Known as “The Blood of Jupiter” (Latin: sanguis Jovis). Full stop. Pretty epic. Much like Pinot or Nebbiolo, Sangiovese is a terroir star! Although plantings outside of Italy are practically non-existent at this stage, each region of…
Happy World Lambrusco Day! Here to celebrate, we offer our 10 favorite Lambrusco facts: Lambrusco is not only the name of the wine, but also the grape it’s made from Lambrusco has come a very long way from the ice cube-wielding industrially produced cloyingly sweet plonk of the…
Without a doubt, Barolo and Barbaresco own the real estate at the top of the mind in any conversation regarding Nebbiolo, globally. Nowhere is a better expression achieved for the grape, nor a higher price fetched for this exceptional grape. While we’ve spent the majority of this month…
We recently found some of the strangest wineries. When you think of wineries, you probably envision big estate houses, the lush vines, and rolling hills with vineyards. Of course, each winery has its own unique atmosphere, but some have a lot more personality than others! There are the…
A beautiful, approachable, and food-friendly red from Nizza represents the excellence of Barbera production in Piemonte. Lot 866 2018 Barbera hails from the Nizza DOCG, which was established after years of painstaking work by some of the most well-regarded producers of Barbera in its homeland in Asti. Nizza…
The gifts of Italy continue. We cannot stress how much scouring the globe (and our own backyards) for the finest examples of varieties and terroir expressions, to bring to your door, drives us everyday to keep our eyes, ears, and mouths open to all sorts of opportunities in…
Yeah, take a sec to let that article title settle in. Yup, pink Prosecco. Prosecco Rosé? Sparkling? Is this for real? Yes. Yes it is. And it’s really, really good! Our tour through Italy continues to give us bountiful gifts, as no one was expecting to get our…
No, it’s not a premier bottling of Pinot Noir from some esoteric region. Nor is it a large black piano. It’s actually a relatively new (using the term “new” here very, very loosely) black-skinned grape variety from France, born from crossing Petit Bouschet with Aramon in 1855 that…