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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
12 bottles: $12.35
Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.44
12 bottles: $13.17
It is evident that food and wine are harmoniously linked in Sicily, defining the region. It is known for its rich and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.01
Purato Nero d'Avola is packed with punchy fruit, with an excellent structure, yet is completely approachable.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $10.90 $12.05
Purato Nero d'Avola is packed with punchy fruit, with an excellent structure, yet is completely approachable.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.07 $15.63
Nero d’Avola gives this wine a red passion color, hints of ripe fruit and an intense and harmonious taste....
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Red
375ml - Case of 24
Bottle: $21.33
A spicy red, with appealing wild herb, ripe black cherry, leather and olive notes in a bright, light-bodied package....
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $47.97
Ruby red with bright reflections in color with aromas of white pepper and small red fruit, currants and blackberries....
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $23.46
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.62
A firm and lightly chewy nero d'avola with earth and spice and some mushroom undertones. Medium body, solid tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
From a 1.5-hectare vineyard planted around 30 years ago. The vines are traditionally pruned in alberello, in other...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.12
6 bottles: $18.74
Insieme represents our wish to produce a totally natural wine, with absolutely no chemicals, from the grape to the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
12 bottles: $12.36
Soft and velvety. Distinct characteristics of fruitiness come forth. Pairs well with Risotto, first courses of baked...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.57 $18.41
12 bottles: $14.69
The 2020 Nero d' Avola is darkly inward today, showing only hints of dusty black currant and sage. This is a soft and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $14.30
12 bottles: $14.01
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.90 $24.00
• A blend of 60% Nero d’Avola with 40% Frappato from 10 to 25 year old vines. • Spontaneous fermentation occurs...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.94
12 bottles: $20.52
Intense ruby red color with aromas of cherry and raspberry, and a nicely balanced spicy background. Full, warm, and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.90
12 bottles: $19.50
Straw-yellow colour with fresh floral, citrus and melon aromas, and notes of minerals and almonds. A dry,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94 $18.48
6 bottles: $17.58
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $48.70
The Giacosa family does a great job with its high-end wines and its entry-level products alike. The 2020 Roero Arneis...
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White
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $36.42
A richer and rounder-textured Arneis with medium to full body. Lemon and spicy pear. Some cooked apple, too. Really...
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Arneis Ice Wine Nero D'avola Schioppettino

The Arneis white wine grape varietal is a native fruit of the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, in Italy. Whilst it has had great success over recent decades in several New World countries, Arneis has been cultivated for centuries in northern Italy, where it is recognized as one of the most representative grapes of the region. Arneis has long been used as a blending grape, due to its highly aromatic character, but it is becoming more and more common to see single variety bottles made using this grape. At its best, Arneis produces beautifully full bodied white wines, packed full of orchard fruit and apricot flavors, with a fine crispness and acidic punch. However, it is a notoriously difficult grape to cultivate successfully, hence its name which translates as 'little rascal'.

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.