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Bottle: $25.79 $28.00
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The 2022 Teroldego mixes rich dark fruits with earth tones, leather and spice to create a truly inviting bouquet....
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Bottle: $48.84
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A beguiling blend of black raspberries, exotic spice, leather straps, cocoa and crushed stones makes the 2022...
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Red
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Bottle: $51.60
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100% Teroldego. Local dialect for "vine shoot", "Sgarzon" is a cooler, sandier 2.5 hectares within the whole Foradori...
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Bottle: $51.60
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100% Teroldego. Local dialect for "vine shoot", "Sgarzon" is a cooler, sandier 2.5 hectares within the whole Foradori...
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Bottle: $15.51
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COLOR: Intense ruby red color. NOSE: Bright nose of ripe raspberry, blackberry, pomegranate, distinct sweet earth and...
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Bottle: $162.72
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The 2011 San Leonardo (Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère and Merlot) is another landmark edition of this celebrated...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.94 $82.32
The Tenuta San Leonardo 2017 San Leonardo (in a heavy glass bottle) shows subtle but unmistakable generosity and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $203.52
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The 2008 Terre di San Leonardo is a gorgeous entry-level wine. Dark cherries, plums, herbs, leather, spices and...
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Red
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Bottle: $19.94
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Brimming with redcurrant and blackcurrant aromas, together with notes of mint and sage and a touch of spice. On the...
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Red
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Bottle: $23.85
12 bottles: $23.37
COLOR: Brilliant ruby red with attractive depth. NOSE: The aromas are alcohol and fruit-rich when the wine is young,...
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Bottle: $11.99
Mezzacorona Red Blend expresses the aromatic richness of two noble varietals of the Dolomites, Teroldego and...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $58.50
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100% Teroldego. Teroldego is a close relative of Lagrein, both being native Südtirol varieties. Nusserhof only has...
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A lovely beam of black currant and fig cake flavors play off savory bay leaf and olive tapenade notes in this...
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A graceful red, beginning quietly with a pure note of ripe black currant, with the palate slowly expanding to weave...
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Italian Red Blends Mencia Nero D'avola Italy Trentino/Alto Adige 750ml

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.