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Red
750ml
Bottle: $293.95 $319.80
The 1993 Chianti Classico Riserva is another stunning wine. It boasts gorgeous depth and purity, not to mention...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $199.95
Full of cherry, currant and strawberry fruit, this fresh red is still very primary and quite different from the other...
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $937.51
A Mediterranean bouquet of wild herbs, underbrush, cedar, cherry, plum and coffee marks this complex example. This is...
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1993 Italy

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.