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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
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: $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: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.09
12 bottles: $16.75
Franco Amoroso Barbera'Asti is elegant and polished with layers of dark red cherry fruit, lively acidity and subtle...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.93
12 bottles: $17.57
Plum and cherry aromas are ripe and rich with intense fruitiness. Sleek attack, quite concentrated and assertive, but...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.90
12 bottles: $30.28
An outstanding example of Barbera from old vines, some dating back to 1949. Strained, deeply rooted plants produce...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.08
12 bottles: $13.59
Wine of notable structure with intense ripe fruit aromas and hints of spice. Full-bodied and smooth on the palate....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.76 $26.40
This traditional process allows the maintenance of the fresh acidity and spicy notes of an easy-to-drink, fragrant,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $17.90
Notes of blueberries and bramble fruit with lavender, dried herbs and cocoa. Medium-bodied. Juicy and sleek with so...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.90
12 bottles: $24.40
COLOR: Deep ruby red color with purple tints. NOSE: The nose is very intense, with typical aromas of plum, raspberry,...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.95
12 bottles: $18.57
Umberta is 100% Barbera and the so-called "entry-level" wine at Iuli. Coming from south-facing vineyards planted...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.93
Dazzling garnet color. Aromatics of red fruit, herbs and bramble. The palate shows blackberry, stewed raspberry, wild...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.00
12 bottles: $16.66
COLOR: Garnet red color with delicate purple reflections. NOSE: Intense, fresh nose with red fruit aromas and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $13.85 $14.73
Aromas of raspberries, wild strawberries, blood orange, crushed stones and hibiscus. Medium-bodied, juicy and racy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $16.66
12 bottles: $15.83
A wine with hints of cherry and red fruits alternating with spicy and sometimes floral hints. A Barbera of excellent...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
A perfectly perfumed nose of red berries and sweet spices lift from the glass, making way for notes of black fruits...
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Barbera Gamay Red Bordeaux 2022 Italy Piedmont Wine

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.

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

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.

Situated in the north-western part of Italy, the region of Piedmont is known worldwide and is highly respected for the quality of the wines produced there. Many of the most successful sub-regions in Piedmont produce many of the world's finest red wines, such as those made from the excellent Nebbiolo grape varietal in areas such as Barolo and Barbaresco. However, the historic wineries which typify this region use a relatively wide variety of grapes, including Dolcetto and Barbera for their red wines, which are typically aged and have a delightful velvety character. Piedmont isn't all about beautifully complex red wines, though, as it is also famed for high quality, elegant sparkling wines, notably the Asti wines made with the white Moscato grape. The region benefits from a range of terroirs which are often well expressed in the sparkling wines, and a wonderfully consistent climate ideal for vineyard cultivation.