Winemaker: Fattoria Artimino
Winemaker: Casa Vinicola Abbazia
Bonacchi
One of the six (6) prestigious DOCG red wines of Italy.
In Italy, which has been producing wines for over 4,000 years, Brunello is considered a modern day invention. In fact, it is not a wine made in homage to local traditions but the result of the studies of a single winemaker around the year 1870.
Award Winning Wine
Winemaker: Cantine Bonacchi
This wine is true to the grape, and its origin, and displays the pure and simplistic quality and characteristics from the region of Veneto.
Winemaker: Cantina Riondo De Valier
Winemaker: Podere Le Poggiarelle
Winemaker: Tenute Borghi Agricola il Poggiale
The word "Gentilesco" is a centuries old term that comes from the royal Medici family of Tuscany vocabulary to describe an especially high-quality wine from carefully hand selected and sorted grapes.
Gentilesco is a Registered Trademark of Cantine Bonacchi granted by the Medici Estate and Trust of Tuscany.
Winemaker: Cantine Riondo De Valier
Borghi
Winemaker: Tenute Borghi
Winemaker: Cantine Bonacchi La Sassaia
Winemaker: Tenute Borghi Azienda Agricola il Poggiale
This wine should not be confused with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a Tuscan red wine made from Sangiovese along with other grapes, but not the Montepulciano grape variety found in Montepulciano d'Abruzzo red wine.
The quality of Montepulciano wines produced in Abruzzo (especially in the province of Chieti) has been constantly improving in the last ten years, making Abruzzo, once a backwater in winemaking, one of the most interesting locales in the Italian scene.
Morellino di Scansano is recognized and classified in Italy as a superior wine, which was a matter of common knowledge throughout Europe more than a century ago.
*Morellino di Scansano is the most recent recipient of DOCG status in Italy and the region of Tuscany. As of the 2007 vintage, Morellino di Scansano is a certified DOCG red wine.
Winemaker: Agricola il Poggiale
Winemaker: Cantine Rizzello
One of Italy's most important agricultural products, Nero d'Avola is the #1 grape grown on the island, and the popular grape and undisputed gem of Sicilian wine making.
Besides being the #1 grape of Sicily, by annual harvest volume Nero d'Avola is the most grown grape in the world.
Winemaker: Rocca Dei Pupi
Winemaker: Cantina Russo
Winemaker: Azienda Agricola Valpanera
Winemaker: Azienda Agricole Valpanera
Traditional style and pure varietal Tuscan Sangiovese that is true to the grape.
This wine comes from the heart of Chianti and shares many of the same characteristics found in a fine Chianti wine.
The Syrah grape which is relatively new to Sicily and was first introduced to the island and southern regions of Italy to support French wine production back in the 16th century. The grape, and Syrah wines produced in Sicily have now become highly regarded as premiere southern Italian red wines.
From its earliest origins Montepulciano was linked with wine from the numerous testimonials of kings to the high reputation the noble wine of Montepulciano has enjoyed throughout history.
