×
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $10.99
The Alps defend Delle Venezie D.O.C., Italy from chilled northern winds, while heat from the Mediterranean creates...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $10.01
12 bottles: $9.51
Golden yellow in color with ripe apple, pear, and apricot aromas along with notes of wild flowers and honey. Medium...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $9.51
This dry, crisp, and full-bodied white wine, made from 100% pinot grigio, is refreshing with balanced acidity and a...
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $17.50
12 bottles: $16.63
A rich pinot grigio with green mangoes, pears, apples, spring flowers and hints of vanilla and cream. It has a full...
JS
93
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $8.99
With its crisp, light character, bright straw gold color and appealing scents and fruit flavors, it’s no wonder...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $9.99
Our Pinot Grigio is crafted from grapes sourced from the foothills of the Italian Alps, making for a uniquely...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $11.51
This is spiced and tangy with notes of quince, dried herbs and citrus peel. Juicy acidity and a crisp, lemony...
JS
91
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.36 $13.01
On the palate, it is a complex wine that offers delicate floral and tropical fruit notes of pineapple, passion fruit...
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.93 $14.73
Aromas of lemon drops and sliced pears with hints of citrus leaf and white flowers. Medium body. Textured and...
JS
91
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Notes of crushed wild berries and sweet plums with blue flowers and dried blood orange. Medium-bodied, juicy and...
JS
91
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.35
12 bottles: $15.05
We love Dolcetto. In the local tradition, this grape was cultivated on the best exposures, just above Nebbiolo...
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.89
12 bottles: $23.41
This red is appealing in its softness, despite a base of light tannins and bright acidity. Allows the cherry and...
WS
89
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.92
Golden yellow in colour, often with copper tones. It has an intense and immediate bouquet with pronounced hints of...
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $16.93 $18.32
Color: Pale yellow color with copper hints. Bouquet: The bouquet on the nose is fine and intense with typical notes...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $12.99
A small production, biodynamically grown Pinot Grigio from Vicenza, Italy. White floral aromas fill the nose with...
Rapid Ship
White
375ml
Bottle: $12.94
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is the benchmark by which all other Pinot Grigios are judged. The wine boasts a fresh,...
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $23.99
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is the benchmark by which all other Pinot Grigios are judged. The wine boasts a fresh,...
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $24.84 $27.60
12 bottles: $22.80
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is the benchmark by which all other Pinot Grigios are judged. The wine boasts a fresh,...
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $13.83 $14.73
Pure, neutral stone fruit with some green apples, lime and minerals. Elegant and light on the palate with good...
JS
90
Sale
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $17.15 $19.60
•100% Pinot Grigio sourced from 2 hectares in the Zegla cru •35-year-old vines •200 meters elevation •The...

Dolcetto Grenache Malvasia Pinot Gris Italy Rapid Ship

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

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.