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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.75 $35.28
6 bottles: $31.20
Single-crop Nerello Mascalese, native variety grown in free-standing and espalier over 12 hectares of vines at an...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.10
6 bottles: $48.11
This shows crazy aromas of blueberry, jasmine, elderberries, minerals and nutmeg. Medium-bodied with lots of crunchy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.75 $55.28
Smoked meat, volcanic ash, licorice and wild cherries. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky tannins. Delightfully...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $99.94
3 bottles: $97.94
Orange peel and candied cherry with subtle salted caramel aromas follow through to a medium body, with fine and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $98.50
6 bottles: $96.53
Dried roses and spices with dried cherries and other flowers. Some honeysuckle. Medium to full body, with firm and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.60
Pale ruby red, Sul Vulcano offers an elegant bouquet with notes of wild berries (strawberry and red currant) and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.54 $34.00
A light- to medium-bodied red, with citrusy acidity and savory hints of loamy earth and smoke underscoring flavors of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $20.90
Notes of blackberries and dried strawberries with chocolate, toasted cedar and cigar ash. Firm and textured with a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $22.44
Bright ruby red in color with lively hues of purple. Nose shows mineral notes and hints of cassis, blueberries, plum...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $34.18
Slightly advanced color of brick red. The nose shows dried cherries, spices and strawberries with some soya. Medium...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $34.24
Aromas of ripe dark berries with dark spices, wet earth and ashes. It’s medium-bodied and dry with fine-grained...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $31.26
Aromas of yellow wild flowers, acacia honey, and yellow apple are offset by savory dried herbs. The palate is gentle...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $69.94
12 bottles: $68.54
The 2019 Etna Rosso Arcuria is smoky and earthy in style, wafting up with vivid aromatics, featuring freshly picked...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.92
6 bottles: $48.92
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $30.95
12 bottles: $30.33
Pretty aromas of fresh violets, blackberries and blueberries follow through to a medium body, with very fine tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
Sleek and slightly austere, but with wonderful red-berry fruit and a slew of wild herbs, this is an exciting,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.89 $27.28
12 bottles: $22.49
100% Nerello Mascalese. Pietradolce Etna Rosso DOC is bright red in color with notes of berries and brushwood....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $29.94
Vanilla, sour cherry, wild strawberry, a very clean floral effect. In the mouth substantial but smooth. Very...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.95
12 bottles: $22.49
Some earth and cloves to the dark fruits here as well as dried flowers. Medium body with firm and silky tannins and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.94
12 bottles: $29.34
A careful selection of indigenous grape varieties of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio from an old contrada,...
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Garganega Italian Red Blends Montepulciano Italy Sicily Etna

Italy is a fine country for white grape varietals, and white wines have been produced in this ancient country for thousands of years. One of the more popular varietals in the modern age is Garganega, which is currently the 5th most planted white grape across Italy. This grape is most closely associated with the Veneto region of Italy, although it is also grown in Sicily, where it is known as Grecanico Dorato. Garganega is a rigorous, hardy grape, which can grow in huge yields - explaining its popularity in the past. Today, winemakers must be careful to keep yields as low as possible, as this a varietal which can easily lose its distinctive characteristics and fine qualities when grown in bulk.


We know Garganega most commonly from the Soave wines which have been consistently popular over the past few decades. Indeed, the Soave Classico wines which still sell in large quantities across the globe are made from 70%-100% Garganega varietal grapes, and these wines showcase the varietal’s fresh and delicate qualities. The most common flavors present in Garganega wines are delicate, citrus notes, balanced by a hint of almond, and the best examples have remarkable balance and length, with wonderful aromatic notes.

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

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.

The beautiful island of Sicily has been growing grapevines and producing wines for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks first landed on its golden shores and noticed the island's true potential as a haven for quality grapes. Today, the island is one of Italy's primary wine regions, and even though over eighty percent of Sicily's grapevines are used for the production of sweet fortified wines, the remaining wineries making other wine styles are renowned around the world for their quality and character. Indeed, Sicilian wineries are famed for their ability to capture something of the sun-drenched region in their wines, and the vines they cultivate benefit enormously from the almost constant sunshine and the incredibly fertile volcanic soils which typify the island.