100% Zibibbo. De Bartoli was the first to make a dry Zibibbo on the island of Pantelleria, where the hot climate and ancient viticultural history engendered a tradition of sweet, dried-grape-based passito wines. De Bartoli acquired 3 ha. of Zibibbo planted in the 1950s on north-facing terraces at...

100% Tocai Friulano. All of Radikon's whites are made in the same way: the organically farmed, stunningly low-yield, hand-harvested fruit is destemmed and gently crushed with a pneumatic press. It is placed in old Slavonian oak vats and fermented with native yeasts. It macerates with the skins for...

60% Barbera/40% Bonarda (aka Croatina, not Bonarda from in Argentina). Trebbiolo is generally made from the younger vines, which range from 10 to 45 years old. They lie down the hill on which the winery sits, below the older hilltop vines that produce La Stoppa's long-aged La Macchiona; the flatter...

100% Lambrusco Salamino. Salamino is a sub-variety of Lambrusco known for thick skins, dark color, high acidity and tight bunches. Luciano and his daughter Sara Saetti grow nothing else, just 2.5 hectares of Salamino planted in 1964. They farm organically, a rarity in Lambrusco. The site is flat...

A new wine for 'A Vita (although it was made once before, in the 2012 vintage), the 'il Rosso' is 92% Gaglioppo (from the hillside vineyards of Sant'Anastasia and Muzzunetto, at 100m asl) and 8% Magliocco (from the seaside vineyard Fego, at 0m).  Both sites have typical clay-limestone marls....

A single-vineyard cru bottling from vines planted in 1968 at 500m, facing southeast. Harvest was in late September at yields of 10,000kg/ha (60hl/ha). Fermentation is in concrete vats, with about half the harvest macerated on its skins for two weeks during fermentation.  Aged in concrete on the...

Contrada Salandra’s Piedirosso explores what is possible with this grape from this appellation. Composed of 95% Piedirosso and 5% co-planted ancient varietals (Ricciulella, Marsigliese, Colagiovanna) from the same two sites as the Falanghina.  Ungrafted and trained in the local pergola pozzuoli aka...

New for this estate, this bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project.  The grapes are sourced from a single parcel called "Vigna della Pieve," with sandy soils rich in pebbles, planted to Alicante Nero, a common Mediterranean variety also known as Grenache in France, Cannonau in the...

85% Nerello Mascalese/15% other. Acosta organically 3.5 hectares on the north face or versante nord of Mt. Etna. The parcels are scattered amongst 6 different contrade or districts (currently Pietramarina, Allegracore, Sciaranuova, Friera, Santo Spirito and Marchesa). Averaging over 50 years old,...

Varieties: 90% Glera, 10% Verdiso and Bianchetta. Harvested by hand. Vineyard: Farra di Soligo in the lieu-dit “San Gallo,” 2.3ha at 350-370m above sea level, planted in 1950. Southern Exposure. Trained in the traditional Sylvoz or Doppio Capovolto. Soils: “Suolo marcuola” (calcareous marl and...

Sourced from all of the estate's parcels, as each plot has at least some white grapes in it. Vineyards were planted between 1959 and 1999 at 6,000 plants/ha.  In 2018, the blend is essentially equal parts Cortese, Favorita, and Timorasso, with trace elements of Moscato Bianco and Giallo.   Aside...