Campania

Tasting Notes: Per Una Volta #1 is an ancestrale method Rosato produced from a blend of Aglianico, Barbera, and Olivella. This fresh and bright frizzante is the perfect companion to both seafood dishes or pork belly.... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Benito Ferrara Greco di Tufo Vigna Cicogna is layered and rich, with excellent tension and a clean, mineral finish. Full and bright, this is a knockout example of the Greco grape.... Read More

Tasting Notes: From Abruzzo’s La Peligna mountain valley comes this unique orange wine. Candeloro uses an ancient clone of Trebbiano, known locally as Camplese, to achieve a wine with brilliant, palate-whetting acidity.... Read More

Estate History: Since 1977, Giuseppe Apicelli and his family have been producing wine in Tramonti, right in the heart of the Amalfi Coast. Yet while the family may seem “newer” to winemaking than others, their vines... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Cantine Olivella Catalanesca del Monte Somma Kata is produced from the obscure Catalanesca variety, and grows at the foot of Mount Somma, nestled in the heart of the Vesuvius national park in Campania. The un-grafted... Read More

Tasting Notes: Casa d’Ambra’s Ischia Rosso has unique notes of licorice, dark berries, thyme and hints of vanilla. Fuller in body but retains a velvety texture and a rounder tannic mouthfeel. This is a blend of Piedirosso... Read More

Tasting Notes: Casa d’Ambra’s Ischia Rosso has unique notes of licorice, dark berries, thyme and hints of vanilla. Fuller in body but retains a velvety texture and a rounder tannic mouthfeel. This is a blend of Piedirosso... Read More

Tasting Notes: Casa Setaro’s Aglianico is harmonized by its meaty and dark herbal aromas but fresh drinkability on the palate. Notes of dried herbs, licorice, and supple red & black berries are present but are quickly lifted... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Ciro Picariello Fiano has verve and zip and is undeniably fresh, showing grapefruit-tinged green apple, wild herbs, and crushed stone minerality. On the palate, it floods the senses with zesty minerals before... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Collio di Lapio Fiano di Avellino has an elegant nose willed with white peach, almonds and fresh spring flowers. The mineral body coming from the calcareous-clayey soils perfectly offsets the rich, round mouth-feel,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The De Conciliis Naima is a deeply spiced, darkly fruited expression of Aglianico. Extended bottle aging has mellowed the tannins to create a decadent palate rich in purple fruit, earth, game and wild herbs. This... Read More

Tasting Notes: The De Conciliis Vino Spumante Brut Metodo Classico Maybe is a blend of 10% Fiano and 90% Aglianico made into a sparkling wine. The color is bright straw yellow, with a fine and persistent perlage. The scent is... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Enodelta Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco is a blend of 85% Coda di Volpe (i.e. Fox's Tail), and 20% Falanghina. Bright straw yellow color, it has scents of fresh fruits and mineral notes, and a pleasantly... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Enodelta Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso is a blend of 85% Piedirosso (local called “Per ‘e palummo”, i.e. pigeon’s talon) and 15% Aglianico this has a bright ruby red color, intense... Read More

Tasting Notes: Zesty white pepper and pink grapefruit peel notes accent the crunchy white peach and stone flavors in this light-bodied, crisp white. Lively. Ideal as an aperitif, it can also accompany various types of appetizers,... Read More

Tasting Notes: Rubrato is laced with notes of licorice, thyme, redcurrants and plum. Feudi di San Gregorio was established in 1986 in Sorbo Serpico, a tiny village in Campania’s Irpinia region, near Mount Vesuvius, by the... Read More

Tasting Notes: The color of the Patrimo is a ruby red, clear and impregnable at the same time. Perfumes of marmalade of delicate black fruits are evident, as are sweet spices, eucalyptus, vanilla and coffee. The tannins are sweet,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Fonzone Greco di Tufo has an intense golden yellow color. It has aromatic notes of yellow pulp fruit, orange blossom and grapefruit peel. The round palate is juicy, with a long finish that reveals, in the nose,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The Fonzone Taurasi Riserva Scorzagalline comes from grapes coming from the highest section of the Aglianico vineyard of Tenuta Fonzone, on the top of a hill located in Contrada Scorzagalline(Paternopoli). Grown... Read More

Tasting Notes: I Pentri’s Falanghina is fuller in body and rounded in texture. Notes of apricot, crushed flowers, baking spice, and raw honey can be found and the finish is bright, savory and dry.... Read More

Tasting Notes: I Pentri’s Falanghina is fuller in body and rounded in texture. Notes of apricot, crushed flowers, baking spice, and raw honey can be found and the finish is bright, savory and dry.... Read More