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Carlo crafted this easy drinking rosè from 100% Sangiovese fruit harvested from vines 1000 feet above sea level. After a cold maceration in contact with the skins for only a few hours, the skins and must are removed and fermentation completed at very low temperatures. This dry, Tuscan rosè displays...
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Handcrafted from 100% Sauvignon Blanc fruit from Prepotto in Friuli, the fruit is hand picked in early September and fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and left on the lees for a few months prior to bottling. The wine shows as pale yellow with greenish hues in...
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This highly regarded cru within the commune of Neive consistently produces elegant Barbaresco wines. Winemaker Matteo Pola hand selected the finest Nebbiolo fruit from Serraboella to produce this elegant and harmonious Barbaresco.This is a full-bodied, complex red wine that brings intense floral perfume to the nose with hints...
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The Pernanno vineyards produce some of the finest Nebbiolo in the commune. These vines were planted in 1946 facing south-southwest. 2012 was a fantastic vintage for Commune Castiglione Falletto and especially this grand Barolo. Make no mistake; this is a big wine. Aromas of anise, mushrooms, leather, and...
Don Chigazola has brought wines from Colle Ciocco winery run by the Spacchetti family in Italy, to taste on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Chigazola Merchants is Don’s company. a micro-importer of fine wines from small producers in Italy. The Spacchetti family are new suppliers to Don's import business. Don has been on CWC several times before, the last time was this episode in November of 2023, with wines from the Friuli region in northeastern Italy. Don has told his story on the show several times before and again for today’s audience. He started his business about 12 years ago. He and his wife Debbie and his son Tony drive around the provinces in Italy to visit small,...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio) in AD 79 blanketed the region in volcanic ash and rock, and it also created one of the most unique viniculture regions in Italy known today as Campania. We journeyed into the province of Avellino in Campania in April in search of the "Barolo of the South"- Taurasi- crafted from the ancient varietal Aglianico. After landing at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport and pointing our rented cinquecento south on the E45 for two hours, we were navigating the country roads around Avellino and hill towns of Taurasi and Tufo. Vineyards of the ancient varietals Aglianico, Greco, and Falanghina blanket the hills at remarkable elevations—400-500 meters above sea level. The Irpinia district of Avellino...
Great wine! What am I drinking? I often hear this from clients unfamiliar with Italian wines. They closely inspect the labels but see nothing that they recognize as the name of a grape varietal that has crossed their palate before. Traditional California wine labels prominently place the variety, e.g. Zinfandel, in a grand font where your eyes can instantly lock on. Add the winery name, vintage, perhaps the appellation, and you essentially have a complete brand label. As California winemakers have begun to embrace blending, the varietal name has been replaced with a provocative “fanciful name”, and the labels have become less recognizable. So what makes old world wine labels so intimidating for some? Old World (France, Italy) have tightly...