iGreco Masino – Three Glass Award winner in 6 packs

2013 iGreco “Masino” Nero di Calabria $38.90 btl / $233.40 cs (case of  6 x 750ml) The iGreco winery was our discovery of the year last year, and we are thrilled to be able to make an offer of this bold and ageworthy wine made from Nero di Calabria. It has an intense nose of ripe blackberry, wild plum, kirsch and hints of vanilla, cinnamon and savoury rosemary. The palate is full-bodied, rich, ripe and flavourful. Plenty of ripe tannins …

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The best Barolo we’ve ever tried — available in 3 packs!

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There was a time when wine was an even greater part of everyday Italian life than it is today. It was consumed with every meal and was often part of it — children, for example, regularly started the day with a slice of bread dipped in red wine. Consumption reached a peak of well over 100 litres per adult (15 years and older) per year during the early Sixties when the country was positively swimming in wine. Around the mid-Seventies, …

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Spanish Wine Society 2017 Wine Tours to Andalucia

THE SOUL OF ANDALUCIA: SEVILLA AND SHERRY Wine, Cuisine, Art, and Architecture In light of the overwhelming responses to our tours,  in 2017 I am taking four groups to Andalusia in southern Spain! The tours will commence in Sevilla for three glorious nights in the Hotel Alfonso XIII (Grand Deluxe rooms!), after which we travel to Jerez de la Frontera for eight nights in the  always so charming and welcoming, Hotel Sherry Park. Group I – May 17 arrive Sevilla …

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An Okanagan Beauty – Sandhill Syrah

One of the reasons that I entered the wine business was the opportunity that it would provide to “see the world”.  In the past 30 years I have been blessed in that I have visited most of the important grape-growing regions on the planet: Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, California, Oregon and of course vineyards scattered throughout Europe.  There are many spectacularly beautiful places on Earth that just happen to also grow grapes – anyone that has been …

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Gaglioppo – The Discovery Wine of the Year

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One of the great pleasures of wine exploration is not just in encountering something new, but something special.  Italy is full of something new.  An adventurous consumer can find dozens of new grape varieties to explore:  red and white; fat and thin; rich and lean.  However, it is not often that you are introduced to a wine that is at once both special and new.  Gaglioppo is one such wine – that rare combination of unique and profound. Gaglioppo finds …

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2016 Vintage Report — Casale Marchese (Lazio, Italy)

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In autumn 2015, at the end of the harvest season, the weather was particularly rainy whereas during the winter months we have observed only very few atmospheric disturbances, which was very unusual. In practice, if we consider the overall period from September 2015 to January 2016, in the center of Italy we had only 340 mm of rainfall against an average of 468 mm. However, the lack of rain during the winter months should not be seen as particularly alarming, …

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Fabulous Fizz for Festive Celebrations

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Franciacorta may not have the name recognition (and sales) of Prosecco, but Italy’s Franciacorta region produces her finest sparkling wines, comparable in quality to many Champagnes, and leagues ahead of Prosecco. Franciacorta is made using the methode champenoise and employs the same grape varieties used in Champagne, in contrast to Prosecco, which is made using Italian grapes and the less expensive Charmat process.  It is a relatively young sparkling producing area – the first bottling of Franciacorta was only in …

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92 Point Chianti that’s fit for a Don

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The wines from Chianti Rufina are very different from those of Chianti Classico, the best known subregion of Chianti (whose wines are easily identified by the black rooster logo on the neck label).  A cooler climate – Rufina is further north and east compared to Chianti Classico – explains, in part, why the wines from the two areas are so different, the wines of Rufina marked by an elegance and austerity that complements their black cherry fruitiness. An overview helps …

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Terranoble Named Chilean Wine Producer of 2016

Yesterday in their Annual Awards Banquet, International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) named Vinedos Terranoble Chilean Wine Producer 2016, a huge acknowledgment for the direction and the quality of their wines. Congratulations to our friends at Terranoble. We have been working with Vinedos Terranoble since 1994. Over the years this winery has gone from strength to strength. Today they are widely regarded as the expert in Carmenere, Chile’s signature grape.

2016 Vintage Report – Prosecco

The harvest in 2016 in the hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene and the Province of Treviso ended confirming the enthusiasm of predictions. In the hills of Prosecco Superiore it had never harvested so late from the beginning of the millennium. Not a minor detail for the quality of the grapes, since as of September 16th is a temperature drop was recorded, which occurred in particular during the night, which allowed the grapes to maintain a good level of acidity and freshness. …

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