Italy is one of the world's leading wine producing, consuming and exporting countries. With its 533 appellations spread over nearly 690,000 hectares, its vineyard area is close to 9% of the world's total vineyard area. There are more than 400 different grape varieties such as Nebbiolo or Sangiovese to name but a few.
The quality of the Italian wines produced here has made this country an unavoidable and legendary region in the international wine landscape.
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gianfranco alessandria san giovanni 2017
"the alessandria family has been producing for many years the red wine barolo du cru...
sottimano barbaresco cotta nebbiolo 2019
"sottimano, without a doubt one of the most typical and representative wineries of the...
sottimano barbaresco fausoni nebbiolo 2018
"fausoni is the most demonstrative barbaresco of the range but certainly not the most...
luce della vite brunello di montalcino 2013
the frescobaldi family is behind this very handsome bottle from tuscany. the 2013...
sesti phenomena brunello di montalcino riserva 2013
"sesti is one of the most delicious individual producers in armit’s portfolio. these...
bibi graetz testamatta toscana 2019
bibi graetz founded his estate in 2000 on the fiesole hill overlooking florence. this...
felsina rancia classico riserva 2017
rancia is always one of my favorite wines from this storied appellation (and the...
antinori solaia 1990
the 1990 solaia is slightly more concentrated than the 1990 tignanello, with a...
antinori solaia 1999
the first two bottles i tasted of the 1999 solaia were corked, but the third was...
ornellaia 1997
probably the finest (and most sumptuous) ornellaia yet produced, the 1997 has it all. a...
ornellaia 1999
ornellaia 1999 is a world-renowned italian wine produced in the tuscany region. it is...
gaja rennina pieve santa restituta 2018
pieve santa restituta made the hard decision to skip production in the hot and dry 2017...
felsina fontalloro sangiovese 2019
the 2019 fontalloro is all sangiovese that is aged in new and second-year barriques for...
gaja barbaresco 2020
the wine gaja barbaresco is a wine produced by the gaja estate, one of the most...