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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.57
12 bottles: $12.32
Color and Appearance: Red ruby. Lively froth. Nose: Characteristic remembrances of fragrance of rose. Palate: Sweet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.34 $15.93
12 bottles: $12.36
Light, bright, clean, and fresh. A varietally perfect example of Barbera.
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Red
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.20
12 bottles: $22.80
Made in concrete. After macerating on skins for 20 days, only 20% of the must was pressed and added back to the juice.
Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.95
12 bottles: $27.39
Their Criolla comes from one of the oldest vineyards they work with. The vines here are more than 80 years old....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.00
12 bottles: $12.74
Deep ruby red with garnet hints. Perfume notes with cherries, plum and vanilla aromas. This classic Barbera is...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
6 bottles: $17.08
Powder pink mousse; very pale ruby red, almost pink, tending towards cyclamen; clear aromas of roses, almost ripe...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
The Vecchia Modena Premium Lambrusco di Sorbara represents the history both of the Chiarli wine Company and of...
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Red
Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
12 bottles: $23.46
100% Barbera from selected vineyards in the village of Monforte d’Alba. Vineyards planted from 1980 – 1998. 200...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.93
12 bottles: $14.63
This is bright and fruity with raspberries, blueberries, violets and dark chocolate on offer. Medium- to full-bodied,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.99
12 bottles: $23.51
This 100% Barbera wine is produced from a Monferrato vineyard that is 20 to 30 years old. The soil contains white...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.94
12 bottles: $27.38
• Certified biodynamic. • 100% Sciaccarrelu. • Emera is a Corsican plant that surrounds this vineyard. • A...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.94
• Certified biodynamic. • 100% Sciaccarellu. • A single site at 270m altitude. • Southeast facing. •...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.95
12 bottles: $19.55
The Young Wine series was created to use hybrid grapes, made in a natural way, to make delicious, fun, and accessible...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.79 $28.00
12 bottles: $25.46
The 2022 Teroldego mixes rich dark fruits with earth tones, leather and spice to create a truly inviting bouquet....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $48.84
6 bottles: $48.00
A beguiling blend of black raspberries, exotic spice, leather straps, cocoa and crushed stones makes the 2022...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
COLOUR: Intense ruby red, with violet hints. AROMA: Fruity and aromatic. TASTE: Balanced, leaves a clean and fresh...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
COLOUR: Intense red with violet hints, bright. BOUQUET: Intensely vinous, with notes of forest red fruits and white...
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Barbera Lambrusco Mencia 2022 750ml

For centuries now, the beautiful red grapes of the Barbera varietal have been grown in Italy, where they are prized for their unusual high acid content and low tannins, brought about by their thin skins. The Barbera grape varietal thrives in warmer climates, and has had some success overseas in the new world, where its strongly aromatic flavors of intense hedgerow fruits make it a favorite with wineries and wine drinkers looking for a grape which offers plenty of interesting characteristics. Interestingly, the differences between young and aged wines made from this varietal are quite significant, with younger bottles holding a plethora of berry flavors, including blueberry and raspberry notes, and oak aged wines made from the Barbera grape being much loved for their ability to become extremely complex and spicy, and picking up vanilla flavors from the wood they are barreled in.

Some grape species are distinct and unique varietals, clearly separate from each of their cousins. Others, like Lambrusco and Muscat, are more like umbrella terms, featuring several subspecies which show slight differences from each other from region to region. Indeed, there are astonishingly more than 60 identified varieties of Lambrusco vines, and they are almost all used in the production of characterful Italian sparkling wines. They are distinguishable by their deep ruby blush, caused by strong pigments present in their skins, and their intensely perfumed character.


Lambrusco vines are grown in several Italian regions, although we most closely associate this varietal with Piedmont and Basilicata. It has also been grown successfully in Argentina and Australia. The varietal suffered from a fairly lowly reputation in the late 20th century, due to bulk, low cost production of Lambrusco sparkling wines, aimed at markets across northern Europe and America. However, things are rapidly changing, and the older, more traditional methods of bottle fermentation are returning, along with a higher level of quality and expression, as consumers become more discerning and demanding. Many of the Lambrusco sub-varieties have their own established DOC, such as Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Lambrusco di Sorbara and Modena, where new regulations are keeping standards high and methods traditional.