Tasting Notes: The Ampeleia Ampeleia is the top tier cuvee from the estate and is incredibly expressive of rich dark fruit, wild herbs and wet earth. Bold and powerful ripe red cherry and mint comes from the Cabernet Franc, which... Read More
Tasting Notes: With their 2015 Luigi e Giovanna Orvieto bottling, Barberani has redefined Orvieto as a genre, transforming this usually simple table white into a long-lived and long-lasting centerpiece. They blend 90% Grechetto... Read More
Tasting Notes: Elena Fucci has done it again! The creator of some of the best Aglianico-based wines from Basilicata has revealed another layer to this interesting indigenous variety by aging it in Amphora. Rather reserved on the... 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 Jakot (Tokay spelled backwards) is from estate-grown Friuliano grapes. A deep amber in the glass after 10 days of skin-contact, the palate is bright with beeswax, apricot, and a striking mineral... 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: The Susucaru Rosso is a field blend of local varietals from all of Frank’s vineyards on Mt. Etna. It is 85% Nerello Mascalese with the remainder split between Nerello Capuccio, Alicante Boushet, Minella and... Read More
Tasting Notes: Chiesamonti is a 1.3-hectare parcel adjacent to the town of San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga, with a stonier soil profile and a lower clay content than Giovanna’s home turf. The vines, now over a decade... Read More
Tasting Notes: Produced from 120-year-old vines, stomped by foot, fermented in vats made of lava stone, the Masseria del Pino has captured Mt. Etna in a bottle. Smoke, wild-berry brambles, spice box and savory minerals with tannins... Read More
Tasting Notes: Nusserhof calls this wine TY since Alto-Adige has no official classification for Teroldego. With only 10 rows of 30-year-old vines and very low yields, this certified organic hand -harvest wine is a true rarity.... 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