Fresh and Natural Pet-Nat & Lambrusco
By Lee Madueno
Just outside Modena is where you will find Gian Paolo Isabella and his winery Podere il Saliceto. In other parts of the world he is more well known and a...
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Life's a Beach: Set E Mez Beach Lambrusco
By Lee Madueno
The wines are grown on the beach 300 meters from the Adriatic Sea. THIS is summer, beach wine. Cheers!
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What Lambrusco Can Truly Be
By Lee Madueno
We’re talking about the wide range of traditional wines from central and Eastern Emilia-Romagna. They're almost always dry and hold bright acid and tickly effervescence.
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Aglianico del Vulture
By Beau Rapier
Aromatic, volcanic, fiery and powerful but with surprising lift and the sort of dusty, amaro laced flavors that keep you coming back for more.
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Tuscany's North Star
By Floribeth Kennedy
Here, winemaking is simple. It is driven by intuition, experience, and talent. Each bottle of Ampeleia is its own little masterpiece.
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Oddero by Any Other Name?
By Josh Shapiro
For lovers of Piedmontese wines, the name Oddero is synonymous with both quality and history. Most would be surprised there is not only one Oddero in the Langhe
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Terre Nere Rosso: Volcanic Power with Burgundian Grace
By Beau Rapier
We love island wines, and we love wines grown on volcanoes. Therefore it stands to reason that we especially love wine from volcanic islands . . . and we do!
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Amorotti = Beauty and Nature in Abruzzo
By Floribeth Kennedy
“This is the next Conterno” or “it tastes just like Raveneau” are the kinds of hyperbole I hear all the time. But sometimes, every once in a while, they are...
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Featured: 80 +1 is a Magic Number
By Maggie Scudder
This is a wine story unlike any other. Fate and circumstance meeting up with dedication and tradition, just an hour outside of Italy’s most famous city. The nuns had been...
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Meet the New Matriarchs of Barolo: Piera and Paola Rinaldi
By Joshua Cohen
We try to share these special events with you as often as possible. And just last Friday we had a great one! Many of our friends and neighbors joined us...
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Looking forward to the week ahead in San Francisco- December 9th, 2019
By Zachary Moss
Here we are, two week out from Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, Festivus...you name it! That means it's time to stop putting off those last minute gifts and get shopping...
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