Toscana's Merlot Interpretation
September 2, 2008
These Italian Merlots have distinguished themselves by delivering substantive and complex expressions in concert with exceptional structure and ageworthiness. These wines are paragons of Merlot, for they often outperform the Pomerol classics. (more...)

Antinori ’05 Tignanello
August 14, 2008
Piero Antinori’s Tignanello represents the very best of the Super-Tuscan movement: a commitment to honoring traditional methods of winemaking combined with a desire to innovate. The 2005 illustrates this point, for it’s the winemaker—not the weather—that makes this wine. (more...)

Le Macchiole & 800+ Italian Icons
August 7, 2008
Le Macchiole has truly created its own niche in the somewhat densely populated Super-Tuscan category by choosing to communicate its intimate grasp of terroir through pure-varietal bottlings. In addition to this Italian icon, we highlight 800 others that span across the Boot. (more...)

Granbussia: The Millennium Set
July 27, 2008
Three vintages. Three formats. One Millennium Collection. Conterno’s flagship, Granbussia, is an exemplar of elegant, ageworthy Barolo. This unprecedented offer captures Granbussia in Conterno’s prescient setting, wherein a brilliant future tense resides.(more...)

Wine Education & IWM Services
July 18, 2008
Wine has no set curriculum, standard text, or formula to memorize: Every bottle, tasting, and class form an organic lesson plan, leading your palate into a whole new terroir or taking you deeper into one you thought you knew….(more...)

Fontodi ’05 Flaccianello
July 10, 2008
No one’s talking about the 2005 Flaccianello, let alone the 1995, but they’re both high on our wine list these days, each revealing what many have overlooked about their respective vintage years and gratifying current drinking pleasure. (more...)