The folks at Le Piane call this a good door-opener to their wines, and we couldn't agree more. Floral and fruity notes linger pleasantly on the palate and make for solid pairing potential. Majority Nebbiolo, and an affordable way to imbibe that noble grape.
Single vineyard Cabernet Franc with a strong maceration and some age in oak casks and concrete. Dark fruited, leathery, and tannic, this wine is a great pairing for richer game dishes.
A nice aromatic wine, with notes of dried citrus peel, ginger, and tropical fruit. Acidic and light on alcohol, this wine has a freshness that makes it almost too crushable. Excellent pairing for creamy soups.
A blend of Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir made with 40% reserve wines from different vintages and a small dosage. An excellent introduction to the acidity-forward style of Laherte Champagne!
Roagna's fourth vintage using Albesani fruit, with a delicate florality on the nose leading into a balanced complexity that deserves to savoured over a few quiet hours.
Ewald Tscheppe makes a small amount of this Orange wine from his most steep and driest vineyard. The most intense wine he makes, with expressive fruit and tannin.
Elizabetta's lighter drink-easy style of her storied teroldego. Playfully combining amphora, wood, cement and steel 'let it be' for short maceration. Tart pomageranant, smack cracked pepper, lively up. Exotic, rare, valuable juice that belongs on discovery channel.
Citrus and floral aromas entice you towards a celebratory sip of this crisp-yet creamy sparkling, which is bursting with texture and fruit-filled acidity.
Herby and bright red fruit from Grenache/Cinsault aromatized with peachy viogner and refreshed with clairette, tied off with swiss-loving chasselas. That's a serious fruit basket.
A blend of mostly Nebbiolo grapes with some Vespolina, aged in stainless steel, this wine is a robust balance of spice and fruit notes. Big enough for steak, but perfect on its own.
This elegant, traditional-method sparkling has dried apricot and lemon curd on the palate. Great for the heat, whether that's in the summer sun or by a fireplace.
Yeasty wild blend of 5 of spains best varatiels, bigger bodied grapefruit/sour strawberry - some vinager and barn. Totally freakish savage glou glou for an unmatched price.
Ewald Tscheppe's intense commitment to biodynamic farming gives life to the grape Welschriesling, which is known for boring wines in the hands of lesser winemakers.
This Extra-Brut Champagne comes from young vines of this nearly forgotten grape recently planted in 2014 and 2018. The grapes were picked at full maturity and this multi-vintage bubbly was aged on the lees for 6 months.
This wine has a crisp, slightly funky nose of bramblefruit and cool undergrowth that lands on the palate with vibrant acidity. The 2022 vintage sees some Carignan added to the previous iteration's Grenache Noir.
Made with 80% fifty year old Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Chardonnay, 'Lucky you' has flavours of baked apple, apricot and almond with a golden honey and silky finish.
A light bodied red with dark fruit flavours such as blackberry and cherry, with rosemary, pepper and pine flavours. Great paired with anything charcoal grilled.
A blend of three Carignans, from a worldclass winery lurking in the depths of one of the Old World's "wine lakes", the Matassa Rouge is a cellar-worthy red with complex earthiness and licorice underlying delectable fruit notes.
A medium-bodied white with notes of candied citrus peel, lychee, and slightly overripe pineapple, and a medium acidity. Drink on its own or with leafy, grilled white meat dishes.
Winemaker Tom Lubbe's old-vine Syrah has a complex and evolving nose backed up by a deep and varied palate well worth savouring. Versatile in pairing potential, inspiring an appetite for something light, grilled, perhaps a little gamey.
Discover an iconic Amaro! A tantalizing blend of bold bitterness, licorice sticks, and gentian. With a backbone of subtle honeyed sweetness and a refreshing hint of mint leaves.
Indulge in the captivating flavors of Amaro Amara D'Arancia Rossa IGP. This exquisite Italian liqueur is a harmonious blend of bitter and sweet, crafted from the finest red oranges. Immerse yourself in the zesty and aromatic notes of Sicily. Experience the true essence of Italy in every sip. Order your bottle today and savor the taste of sunny Sicilian citrus
Funky and medium-bodied, with notes of strawberry and dry cranberry, a menthol-and-rosemary herbaceousness, and subtle tannins, this is a crushable cerasuolo-esque red that would pair perfectly with grilled veggie skewers.
A Catalan-influenced, biodynamic, old-vine blend of grenache gris and macabeu from the Rousillion. Light but concentrated. Sur lie aging for 12 to 18 months in oak, with skin contact maceration that gives its flinty, acid-driven structure a honeyed, orange-zested, chamomile flavor profile.
This promising first bottling has a fragrant nose, with cassis, cherry, and a slight tobbaco edge on the palate, and fine tannins balanced by a lively acidity.
As sometimes happens with Pinot Gris/Grigio and skin contact, this wine is a strikingly vibrant, cerasuolo-esque color. A little funky on the nose, with a saline, savory edge cutting through blood orange and redfruit into a mouth-watering finish. Savour this one.
Classic varietal character of dark berries, white pepper, tobacco, and chalk. The palate is full and energetic with long-lasting flavours of dark cherry, blackcurrant, violet, lavender, and rose petal.
70% Whole cluster, Malo, and soft skin contact lay a foundation for woody, vegetal and creamy charecteristics; support Xarel-lo in its rise, revived from an almost-extinction and overshadowed by international varieties this grape has the potential no less than that of chardonnay or riesling. Gently bitter bruised apple, salt + honey in a HUGE value.
A barrel-aged sweet wine made using only botrytized chenin blanc grapes. It's been over 20 years since the vintage, giving the wine time to develop intriguing tertiary characteristics.
Savor the irresistible allure of Spain's Penedès region with our Sparkling Xarello. It delivers a vivacious burst of freshness and a tantalizing, 'wildly good to drink' fizz. A 750ml bottle from the exceptional 2020 vintage awaits your glass. Indulge in sparkling excellence!
Made of 100% Cab Franc grapes, this rosé has notes of strawberry and red currant, plus minerality from the Clos de Midi's chalky soils, all tied together by 24 months on lees.
Riesling grapes picked in 2011, bottled in 2017, therefore developing tertiary characterics to match the fruit. Glorious honeyed nose. Astonishingly well-priced bottle from the oldest winery in Austria.
From a vineyard planted in the 1950s, north of Venice, the Glera grapes macerate on the skins for ten days in steel, and the wine is bottled with the addition of fresh must from dried grapes, to prompt a secondary fermentation in the bottle. Unfiltered. Frizzante bubbles with powerful aromas of wildflowers, herbs and ginger.
A medium-bodied red with notes of black cherry licorice, strawberry, and a hint of leather, this one could use some time in a decanter. Delicious now, but totally cellar-worthy.
As the name ("fougue" translates as 'ardor') indicates, this is a wine with impact, with cherry florality on the nose and notes of stonefruit and lemon curd on the palate, and an almond-y finish. Like some passions, this one needs time: open a day in advance for its full expression.
Recchione's Pinot Noirs are powerful wines from some of the rustic villages at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. This wine, already with six years of age to it, has smoothed out some of its rough edges and now shows incredible depth and strong tannin for a special dinner.
The Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Pinot Noir from the village of Segrois is made in a lighter style, easier drinking at younger ages, and in the great vintages compares very well to more famous Burgundy villages.
The Maconnais is the warmest growing region in Burgundy and makes very developed fruity styles of Chardonnay. Recchione's version sees a bit of oak for texture.
The vineyard in Pouilly-Fuisse where this wine was grown has since been upgraded to Premier Cru and this wine gives insight into why. It has an amazing blend of richness and balance, with tropical fruit and flint aromas.
From their Silvershot Vineyard, this Pinot Noir is dense with fruit, dried herbs, and tannins that will soften with time or a strong decant. A wine built for the long haul.
From a vineyard planted at an altitude of 450m, this wine has a bouquet of cool, fresh-turned forest loam, with a warm minerality and herbaceousness on the palate.
This Chenin from Emeline Calvez has a rich, golden colour and a light honey and chamomile aroma. This is a wine of brilliant acidity and will reward patient cellaring.
This bold Cabernet Sauvignon from Diana Snowden Seysses shows how great the grape can be with cassis, dark cherry, and baking spice aromas while keeping the body, acidity, and tannin in balance.
Made only in perfect vintages, this sans soufre Pinot Noir Champagne is vibrant. Red apple, chalk, and tense acidity highlight this excellent Blanc de Noir.
Full bodied style of Muscadet with over a year of lees aging before release. Almond and toasty aromas highlight this wine that's great with fresh oysters.
Ryan Stirm is making incredible Rieslings, and other single vineyard wines, in California. This wine gets a light maceration for added structure and is so dry and tart!
Great cool-climate South African White blend of Chenin Blanc, Semillon, and Sauvignon Blanc. Has some weight and some salinity and a light almond leesy note.
Discover an iconic Amaro! A tantalizing blend of bold bitterness, licorice sticks, and gentian. With a backbone of subtle honeyed sweetness and a refreshing hint of mint leaves.
Indulge in the captivating flavors of Amaro Amara D'Arancia Rossa IGP. This exquisite Italian liqueur is a harmonious blend of bitter and sweet, crafted from the finest red oranges. Immerse yourself in the zesty and aromatic notes of Sicily. Experience the true essence of Italy in every sip. Order your bottle today and savor the taste of sunny Sicilian citrus
Full bodied Tempranillo with dark berry fruit and strong tannins. Good acidity from a high vineyard elevation keeps this wine tasting fresh. The Red table wine to go with weeknight dinners.
Savor the irresistible allure of Spain's Penedès region with our Sparkling Xarello. It delivers a vivacious burst of freshness and a tantalizing, 'wildly good to drink' fizz. A 750ml bottle from the exceptional 2020 vintage awaits your glass. Indulge in sparkling excellence!
Pais grown on granite soils in the far south of Chile's Itata region. 150 year old vines that will give you a sense of Chilean winemaking from before Cabernet and Carmenere took over.
Susanne and Stefanie Renner make delicious unique wines! This red blend is juicy, fresh and full of red berry fruit flavours. Drink this lightly chilled with a pizza in the park!
One of Prosecco's best small family producers. This is what Sparkling wines in the region looked like before industrialization: high acidity, dry, and bottled unfiltered.
Beautiful Rose from direct-pressed Mourvedre grapes. A wine with fresh citrus acidity on the palate and more body and structure than a conventional Provence Rose.
A fresh and lively White wine with an almond finish, named after Crognaletti's father, who tended the vineyard before him. Don't let Italy's great White wines get overshadowed by bland Pinot Grigio!
Ferdinando Principiano assembles this classic Dolcetto from his old vineyards in Monforte d'Alba. Aromas of red fruit, violets, and balsam wood make this a great pairing with a charcuterie board.
Feeling globalist pressure against local varietals, winemakers in Fronton have tried to eradicate Negrette. The folks at Le Roc are fighting the good fight with this well-priced bottle Eric Asimov calls "...ripe, succulent, exotically fruity, delicious, easy drinking."
Pais grown on volcanic soils in the far south of Chile's Itata region. 150 year old vines that will give you a sense of Chilean winemaking from before Cabernet and Carmenere took over.