2020 Italian Wine

From the finest Fiano producer in Campania, a perhaps even more impressive Taurasi red. The Wine Advocate's 94+ review of the 2019 gives you a good idea of what to expect: Impeccable with generous ripeness that never feels... Read More

Langhe Nebbiolo getting very close to Barolo quality, texture and character indeed. There's more ripeness and richness than expected in baby Barolo, with dark red berry and cherry fruit, a nice dose of spice and bitter chocolate... Read More

Organic/Bio At the very top of San Lorenzo, at 750 meters elevation, almost too high to be “Etna Rosso,” Russo farms a 0.7HA plot of vines planted in the early 1940s. Originally they were trained on traditional albarello... Read More

Organic/Bio Crest the top of the warm and sunny Casot hill and you find yourself at the top of Marcarini. With it's northeast aspect, Marcarini gets loads of morning sun but then less of the late afternoon heat. From old vines... Read More

Organic/Bio Gregorio Dell’Adami de Tarczal retired from the life of multinational marketing executive in 1988 and purchased the Il Civettaio farm to get closer to the land. It’s located in Tuscany Maremma district,... Read More

Organic/Bio As Critic Antonio Galloni wrote a few years ago, “Ormanni is one of Chianti Classico's under the radar producers. In top years, these classically-inspired wines really shine, especially the Riserva Borro... Read More

Organic/Bio Although the Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, this release of the Paitin family’s flagship Nebbiolo matches that power with lovely Barbaresco... Read More

Organic/Bio What I’ve learned about Passopisciaro’s Etna Chardonnays is you must give yourself three tastes before you understand what’s going on. Chardonnay of these poor volcanic soils is so mineral and intense... Read More

We can argue all day about who is the best producer in Barolo, but Poderi Aldo Conterno is definitely my favorite. And this is my favorite Aldo Conterno wine. The blend of rich red fruit with velvet texture is captivating and... Read More

Organic/Bio Rino Sottimano's first vineyard, purchased in the late 1960s, It's planted to vines 50-70 years old and has been farmed without chemicals since Rino bought it. It's between the Neive and Barbaresco areas,... Read More

Organic/Bio From 45 year-old vines just outside the town of Neive on clay/sand soils, Fausoni is always the most darkly fruited wine from Sottimano. But dark doesn't equal heavy or overpowered here. Something like darkly elegant... Read More

Organic/Bio In Treiso, well to the south of most other famed Barbaresco Crus, Pajore balances the zone's cooler, fresher, climate with a steep southerly exposure and the intensity of 50-70 year-old vines. Very, very, Barbaresco... Read More

Organic/Bio You may have thought you wanted to drink a Bolgheri “super-Tuscan,” but somehow what you’re really after was made a few hours drive further up the Italian coast. I have no idea what tempted someone... Read More

Organic/Bio “Super-Tuscan” wines don’t have to be “super” – the term came about in the 1980s to describe wines like Sassicaia and Sammarco that failed to qualify for any Tuscan DOC label (usually... Read More

The Triosi family plays an important role in the return of Campania wines to global fame, including bottling the first varietal Fiano way back in 1984 (ok – not so way back, actually). Their Aglianico from just outside Taurasi... Read More