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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.87 $29.93
Balsamic aromas of camphor and leather mingle earthy whiffs of forest floor, violet and wild berry. Savory, focused...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
The 2020 Barbaresco Sandaive is a blend of fruit from Rizzi and Roche Massalupo. Dark and nicely layered, with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94
The 2019 Barolo has a pretty bouquet that is laced with light fruit, licorice and lots of blue flower. On the palate,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $35.94
12 bottles: $35.22
Some grilled meat with some flowers and berry aromas that follow through to a full body with velvety tannins and a...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.50 $60.00
A more forward style of Brunate with dark berry as well as orange peel and rose petal. Medium body, firm and silky,...
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92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $61.94 $69.94
Brovia is one of the brightest stars of Castiglione Falletto, the comune at the heart of the appellation that...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.95
The 2013 Ghemme Anno Primo shows just how well these wines age. At nearly ten years of age it is just starting to...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.93
12 bottles: $19.53
Aromas of forest berry, blue flower and underbrush follow through to the linear, savory palate along with juicy...
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Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.99
12 bottles: $19.60
Color: Brilliant light straw yellow. Smell: The aroma of this Chardonnay releases exotic fruity impressions with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $23.10 $26.40
A graceful Chardonnay, with ripe yellow apple and pear fruit enlivened by bright acidity and a lightly crunchy...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.60 $20.11
Rich and savory in the glass, the 2022 Bramito della Sala slowly opens to show hints of young peach and apricot,...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.90
12 bottles: $51.84
Fragrant and refined, this compelling red has aromas of woodland berry, ground pepper, camphor and tilled earth....
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.93
12 bottles: $38.15
Rated 93 - Blue flower, mocha, new leather and baked plum are just some of the aromas you’ll find on this delicious...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.90 $20.80
12 bottles: $19.76
From grapes Nebbiolo selected from vineards of property in common of Barbaresco get this wine that exalted the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $63.79
12 bottles: $62.51
Ceretto's Barbaresco is bright and very nicely focused, with tremendous energy and a sense of translucent vibrancy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $54.84
12 bottles: $53.74
Already showing white truffle, plum, and meat on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied with firm and chewy tannins that...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.93
12 bottles: $27.37
Scorched earth, baking spice and red berry aromas emerge from the glass. The savory palate offers red cherry, clove...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.90
This is really creamy and delicious with chocolate, hazelnut, dried-berry and walnut character. Round and chewy with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.93
12 bottles: $36.19
The second of our brace of 2019 Baroli is the darker of the pair, perhaps the result of having spent only 24 rather...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $10.23 $11.00
Subtle notes of apples, glazed lemons, honeysuckle and bakeries. Some spicy notes, too. Medium-bodied, creamy and...
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Chardonnay Other Italian Reds Nebbiolo Italy 750ml In-Store or Curbside pickup

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.

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.