Italy
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Alois Caiati Palagrello Bianco 2023
$31.00Add to cartThe Alois family has roots in the Italian silk business dating back to the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. In the 1990s family patriarch Michele decided to break with the family tradition of supplying silks to the crowned heads of Europe as well as the Louvre Museum and the White House to embark on a new adventure, restoring forgotten varietals and vinifying them.
Today he an his sons work 20 acres in the foothills of the Caiatini Mountains in the province of Caserta, where they make notable examples of Campanian grapes like Falanghina, Fiano and Greco and of course its stately noble red Aglianico, but what really sets Alois apart is their focus on reviving ancient varieties nearly lost to phylloxera, specifically Casavecchia, Palagrello Bianco, and Palagrello Nero.
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Amaro Lucano 750ml
$38.00Add to cartThis amaro comes from Basilicata and has a rich syrupy texture that’s balanced by a pleasant bitterness that comes from spices and herbs. It plays particularly well with other spirits when used to add a bit of complexity to a cocktail.
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Aperol Aperitivo 750ml
$30.00Add to cartSweet with a kiss of bitterness, a favorite of late-summer patio revelers everywhere.
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Aperol Spritz 200ml
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Argiolas Costamolino Vermentino di Sardegna 2023
$21.00Add to cartThis is a wine that tastes like the islands of the Mediterranean. It’s crisp and vibrant but still maintains a depth of flavor that’s fascinating. The pine laden nose will transport you to this wild island off the coast of mainland Italy.
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Arvero Limoncello 750ml
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Averna Amaro
$39.00Add to cartAverna is a beautiful amaro that captures the real essence of Sicily. It has a mouth coating (but bittersweet) taste that is heavy with hints of orange and licorice balanced by Myrtle, juniper, rosemary, and sage. Enjoy it neat, over ice with a peel of lemon, with soda, or as a punch of bittersweet flavor in some of your favorite cocktails.
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Barone di Villagrande Etna Rosso 2020
$24.00Add to cartWith roots dating back to the 18th century, Barone di Villagrande Winery is one of the oldest estates on the slopes of Mount Etna, embodying centuries of winemaking tradition. With aromas of red berries, wild herbs, and a hint of smoke, Etna Rosso 2020 offers a palate that is elegant, structured, and finely balanced, shaped by the temperate climate and volcanic influences of the 2020 growing season. The vintage experienced a temperate growing season marked by mild temperatures and gentle breezes, allowing for optimal fruit development and balanced acidity in the grapes.
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Benanti Etna Bianco Contrada Rinazzo 2021
$75.00Add to cartA 100% Carricante wine from the slopes of Mt. Etna.
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Bertolani Dolce Fiore NV 750ml
$15.00Add to cartA classic sweet Lambrusco. Deep red fruit, herbs, and a lovely texture.
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Biondi-Santi Brunello Riserva 2016 750ml
$825.00Add to cartSimply one of the finest and most sought after Brunellos on the market.
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Boasso Barolo Gabutti 2018
$55.00Add to cartA rich Nebbiolo from one of Barolo’s most delicious crus where the fruit is picked, pressed and fermented before aging in new oak for three years. This is a wine that is never filtered and is left to age further in bottle before release where the flavors have time to harmonize. Boasso is a smaller producer and this wine offers a great value in Barolo that will develop more complexity with age.
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Bordiga Amaro Dilei 750ml
$43.00Add to cartA light and breezy alpine amaro that has nice peppermint flavor and is redolent of the Piedmont.
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Borghetti Liquore di Vero Caffe Espresso 750ml
$35.00Add to cartThis is maybe the ultimate expression of Italian coffee. It has the dark roasted flavors of freshly brewed espresso in a traditional caffe, not those nespresso pretenders, with a dash of grappa-like spirits. A pre-batched caffe corretto.
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Borgo San Daniele I Mauri Friulano 2022
$36.00Add to cartA fun wine made with the Friuliano grape (formerly called Tocai Friuliano) that’s floral, but maintains a nice core of orchard fruit and light citrus.
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Borgo San Daniele Santon Vermouth
$49.00Add to cartMade by the brother and sister duo behind a few other wines we carry in the shop is this delicious vermouth from Friuli Venezia Giulia. The Santon comes from an old recipe that infuses 30 aromatic botanicals to get the complex flavor.
The flavor is a little spicier than some vermouths, but still maintains its balance.
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Brezza Dolcetto d’Alba 2022
$26.00Add to cartEverything you want a Dolcetto to be: juicy, dark, silly, layered—and most importantly accessible and affordable. A fun fact about this wine is that the grapes come from Cannubi-San Lorenzo because the Brezza family has owned the land for 300 years. It’s wild that a producer could take one of the most esteemed vineyards in the region and plant one of the most overlooked and “pedestrian” grapes.
“This is the heights of what Dolcetto can be.” – David
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Brovia Roero Arneis 2023
$36.00Add to cartIn 1863 Giacinto Brovia founded the Brovia estate in the village of Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo district. The family has been continually engaged in the growing of grapes and the production of wine since that time. Today they are practicing organic but still working in a very classic style.
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Bruno Giacometto Erbaluce di Caluso Metodo Classico Brut 2012
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Ca’ Lojera Lugana 2023
$30.00Add to cartCa’Lojera translates from the local dialect to “House of the Wolf” and is the family seat of the vignerons. It’s those symbols that decorate the etiquette of the bottle and give it its name. We think it’s delicious and interesting. The perfect wine to take to a party with some other wine lovers. There’s a bit of red fruit nuance that adds a totally unique element to this white wine.
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Caffo Maraschino Liqueur 750ml
$29.00Add to cartNeed to add a bit of cherry flavored oomph to your cocktails? This is a great value maraschino liqueur that can make your martinez that much better.
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Calea Nero d’Avola 2023
$14.00Add to cartA joint venture from Polaner Selections and Botter winery that is designed to be fun, food friendly, and value friendly. Calea’s sleek and modern package combines elements from Sicily’s rich architectural traditions, and colors that call to mind the bright sunlight and burnished earth of this ancient crossroads of the Mediterranean.
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Campari Aperitivo 750ml
$35.00Add to cartA classic for a reason. Campari is the color and life of so many classics: Negronis, Boulevardiers, Jungle Birds, Garibaldis and how could we almost forget the simple spritz?
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Cantina Santa Maria la Palma Aragosta Vermentino di Sardegna 2022
$16.00Add to cartThe label tells you almost everything you need to know about this well-priced Vermentino: it’s a fabulous seafood wine. But we think it’s just as good chilled down on its own. A true delight.
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Cantina Sociale di Gattinara Gattinara 2017
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Cappellano Barbera d’Alba 2021
$70.00Add to cartThe wines from Cappellano are highly revered and sought after by collectors, but this Barbera is how you can get in on the ground floor. The grapes for this wine are grown by a longtime friend of the Cappellano family and come in minuscule quantities. While some Barberas are just simple, this wine spends a little more time in the cellar to give it that extra oomph. A delicious, fun, and complex offering.
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Cappellano Barolo Chinato Aromatizzato 2018
$75.00Add to cartOnce treated as medicine, this digestive amaro is full of the beautiful bitter flavors from the Piedmont and will accompany your dessert beautifully.
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Cappellano Barolo Otin Fiorin Pie Rupestris 2018 1.5L
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Cappellano Barolo Otin Fiorin Pie Rupestris 2019
$275.00Add to cartThis wine is everything you want Cappellano to be: it’s earthy and complex, mineral and layered, and almost monolithic. We love this wine, but if you are patient enough to age it, it will reward you even more with gorgeous tertiary notes of truffle and forest floor that jump out of the glass.
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Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino 2019
$109.00Add to cartThis is a great entry into the 2019 vintage that can be enjoyed now, but will also be great laid down for a few years. It has the heft that some seek, but there’s plenty of nuance that comes from their deft balance between the wildness of the grapes and the slickness of the cellar hand.
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Cascina Luisin Barolo Leon 2007
$225.00Add to cartA Barbaresco producer who for a long time couldn’t make Barolo due to the regulations—so this is a relatively forward drinking Barolo that doesn’t need decades and decades to open up. It’s in the perfect place right now.