Tasting Notes: The Antonella Corda Vermentino Amphora Ziru uses Amphora clay vessels and extended time of must in contact with the grape skins (up to a month) to add complex flavors and aromas and mellow the natural salinity of... Read More
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 Castello di Stefanago Orangiosauro is a skin-contact 'orange' wine from 30 year old vines planted to .86 hectares of clay, sand and silty soils. The grapes are hand-harvested and spend nine weeks macerating... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Daniele Ricci San Leto Timorasso comes from vines that were planted in 1989 and 1992. San Leto also undergoes three days of maceration without any pump-overs so not to extract any bitterness or less noble elements... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Franco Terpin Chardonnay is from the oldest vines of the estate, grown on clay soils known locally as Ponka. This skin-contact, or orange, wine is slightly tannic, has notes of honey and dried flowers, and a... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Franco Terpin Pinot Grigio Ramato Sialis is a bright, deep, amber color. The spicy nose has ginger, sweet spices, and mint. There is a touch of sweetness to offset the mineral and tannic edge that comes from... Read More
Estate History: Franco Terpin founded his estate in San Floriano del Collio of Friuli in 1994. Today the farm stretches across twelve hectares of wine production. Franco grows Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Merlot, Ribolla Gialla,... Read More
Tasting Notes: With her Jungimmune Bianco, winemaker Sonia Gambino has crafted one of Etna’s most unique field blends. This is a selection of old Grecanico Dorato, Minnella, Albanella and Moscatella vines, all sourced from... Read More
Tasting Notes: With her Jungimmune Bianco, winemaker Sonia Gambino has crafted one of Etna’s most unique field blends. This is a selection of old Grecanico Dorato, Minnella, Albanella and Moscatella vines, all sourced from... Read More
Tasting Notes: The I Cacciagalli Zagreo is a clean, lush and rich wine with fleshy navel orange, ripe apricots, green apple and pear. It’s flinty, toasty and herbal with a silky mouth feel. Made from the native white grape... Read More
Tasting Notes: Dramis Bianco is pure Guarnaccia bianca from vines over 100 years in age resulting in a white with medium-golden color, and hypnotizing in aromas. Notes of mandarin, exotic herbs, and dried honey can be detected... 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 skin-contact 'orange' wine is from old vine Trebbiano Spoletino. It spends 35 days on its skins after pressing, followed by 210 additional days on the gross lees, resulting in a deep amber color, tannic... Read More
Tasting Notes: Scirone, Villa Venti’s reinterpretation of Famoso grapes, emerges from a natural fermentation in Georgian amphorae and an extended maceration process. Its bouquet intertwines fruity, floral, spicy, and earthy... Read More