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Carmignano DOCG Le Poggiarelle

$89.98

Podere Le Poggiarelle

One of the six (6) prestigious DOCG red wines of Italy.

Years ago, the growers and winemakers of Carmignano decided to give up the Chianti denomination and obtain their own designation. Their request was approved in 1975 and the newly revised regulations took effect the same year. The first citations of Carmignano wine go back to the 14th century, and documents drawn up in 1369 show that Carmignano wines cost four times as much as any other wine in that period and were one of the most valuable commodities in all of Europe.

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Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
District: Carmignano
Vintage: 2006
DOCG
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita

Highest Quality Limited Annual Production
750 bottles produced for the 2005 vintage

Winemaker: Podere Le Poggiarelle

Carmignano DOCG Riserva Grumarello

$59.98

Villa Artimino

Vigna Grumarello

One of the six (6) prestigious DOCG red wines of Italy, Carmignano wines are recognized as the origins of the popular red wine blends of Tuscany, known as Super Tuscans.

Years ago, the growers and winemakers of Carmignano decided to give up the Chianti denomination and obtain their own designation. Their request was approved in 1975 and the newly revised regulations took effect the same year. The first citations of Carmignano wine go back to the 14th century, and documents drawn up in 1369 show that Carmignano wines cost four times as much as any other wine in that period and were one of the most valuable commodities in all of Europe.

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Points Rated Wine

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
District: Carmingnano
Vintage: Currently Sold-Out
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DOCG
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita

Highest Quality Limited Annual Production
900 bottles produced for the 2003 vintage

Winemaker: Fattoria Artimino

Chianti DOCG

$16.98

Lasorda Italian Wines

Championshp Series

Chianti is a wine of extremely ancient origin but it was only in the middle ages that it began to be identified by the name of the geographical area in which is was produced. Today, Chianti, as a wine, is linked to a precise and well-defined geographical area, and is in fact a regional product.

The Championship Series of Italian wines represent the 2 World Championships Tommy won as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The wine labels are set as a baseball diamond with red wines as right field and white wines as left field. Put the bottles side-by-side and you will see the baseball field.

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Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany
District: Chianti
Vintage: 2008
DOCG
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita

Winemaker: Tenute Borghi Agricola il Poggiale

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC

$12.98

Lasorda Italian Wines

Championship Series

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.

The Championship Series of Italian wines represent the 2 World Championships Tommy won as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The wine labels are set as a baseball diamond with red wines as right field and white wines as left field. Put the bottles side-by-side and you will see the baseball field.

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Country: Italy
Region: Abruzzo
District: Chiete
Vintage: 2006
DOC
Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Winemaker: Tenute Borghi Agricola il Poggiale

Negroamaro di Salento IGT

$19.98

Le Vigne di Sammarco

Verve

The elegant smoothness...makes this the undisputed jewel of Apulia. An extraordinary and incredible red wine, Negroamaro is recognized in this region as "soul" of any winemakers collection.

The continued pursuit of perfect harmony, rings in this Negroamaro and in its successful synthesis. Elegance, body, balance, complexity, and persistence, give a particular “Verve” or "Oomph" to this wine and makes it unique and recognizable among others, giving an exclusive emotion of velvety and elegant pleasantness to those who taste it.

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Country: Italy
Region: Apulia
District: Salento
Vintage: Currently Sold-Out
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IGT
Indicazione Geografica Tipica

Winemaker: Cantine Rizzello

Primitivo di Salento IGT

$19.98

Le Vigne di Sammarco

Solemnis

A timeless classic...Solemnis, meaning “the only one” is the gem of Salento and recognized as one of natures best, and is recognized as the vine that created American red Zinfandel.

Like a work of art is the noble exaltation of man’s genius, so the creation of Primitivo is the “Solemn” celebration of nature’s Alchemy. Its ancient and strong structure, its modern and refined elegance, its unmistakable typicality and smoothness, make this Primitivo wine...a timeless classic.

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Country: Italy
Region: Apulia
District: Salento
Vintage: Currently Sold-Out
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IGT
Indicazione Geografica Tipica

Winemaker: Cantine Rizzello

Refosco d.P.R. DOC

$17.98

Valpanera Friuli Aquileia

The wine of Casanova...Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), famous for his amorous exploits, wrote in his book “Historie de ma vie’ The good woman served a delightful meal of excellent fish dressed with olive oil, and gave us some Refosco to drink that I found exquisite”.

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems or peduncolo rosso. The grape has a long history and was praised by Pliny the Elder in the first century for the quality of wine it produces. Today it is found in the DOC of Friuli Aquileia.

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Country: Italy
Region: Friuli–Venezia Giulia
District: Friuli Aquileia
Vintage: 12007
DOC
Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Winemaker: Azienda Agricola Valpanera

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Riserva

$34.98

Valpanera Friuli Aquileia

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso (d.P.R.) is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems.

The grape itself has a long history in Italy and was praised by Pliny the Elder in the first century, for the quality of wine it produces. Today it is found in the DOC of Friuli Aquileia.

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Country: Italy
Region: Friuli–Venezia Giulia
District: Friuli Aquileia
Vintage: Currently Sold-Out
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DOC
Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Winemaker: Azienda Agricole Valpanera

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Superiore

$29.98

Valpanera Friuli Aquileia

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso (d.P.R.), is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems or peduncolo rosso.

Pliny the Elder, who died in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, wrote about Livia, wife of Augustus; that she liked one particular red wine. That wine was Refosco, which at that time was called “Pucinum”, and she would drink no other wine. She lived to be 86 years old, an extraordinary age in Roman times.

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Country: Italy
Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
District: Friuli Aquileia
Vintage: Currently Sold-Out
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DOC
Denominazione di Origine Controllata