Primavera Picks
Primavera Picks
This Spring there has been a wave of incredible Italian wines landing in New York. Today's offer is a mixed bag of new arrivals, restocks, and new vintages of perennial favorites. I am particularly excited about are Marco Pezzuto, Valfaccenda, Roagna, Nervi-Conterno, and Fuso. View the full collection below to see additional wines including new vintages from Trediberri, Frank Cornelissen and more!
-Marisa Licandro
Pezzuto, Marco 2023 Roero Ciafre
Marco Pezzuto is a Roero based beekeeper, who humbly makes three wines in tiny quantities. He lands his goal of making wines which are "complex but drinkable". He practices polyculture, organics, and biodynamics for the sake of the bees and...
$59.99
Valfaccenda 2020 Roero Valmaggiore
Roero's sandy soils create wines of finesse and elegance. This special single vineyard called 'Valmaggiore' is very steep so Luca Faccenda and Carolina Roggero must do everything by hand! Valmaggiore was planted in 1947 and consists of the classic Roero...
$67.99
Roagna 2020 Langhe Rosso
Grapes from the younger vines of massal origin between 20-25 years of age from Roagna's holdings in Castiglione Falletto and Barbaresco from Pira and Paje. It sees the same meticulous care that Luca puts into all his Barolos and Barbarescos...
$59.99
Nervi-Conterno 2025 Rosato
A stunning Rosato from Roberto Conterno who took over the winemaking at Nervi in 2018. This Rosato is easy to love yet serious wine, the result of a world class winemaker's hand at Rosato on excellent terroir. The Nebbiolo is...
$38.99
Fuso 2024 Terre Siciliane Cala Bianco
A lovely 'vino quotidiano' or everyday wine coming from West of Palermo, Sicily. 100% Catarratto harvested a touch early to preserve acidity, then spends 50 hours on the skins in stainless steel tanks. Peaches, apples, citrus pith, and a long...
$19.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2024 Terre Siciliane Etna Susucaru Rosso
Our entry-level red wine is a field-blend of mostly Nerello Mascalese (85%) with other local varietals from all our vineyards: Nerello Capuccio, Allicante Boushet, Minnella and Uva Francesa. Our Susucaru Rosso expresses Etna as produced in a more traditional way...
$29.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2023 Terre Siciliane Susucaru Patos Bianco
Only the third vintage of this skin contact wine from Frank Cornelissen. The grape is Catarratto Extra Lucido from Menfi with 10 days of skin contact and aging in neutral vessels. Highly aromatic and explodes from the glass with orange...
$29.99
Trediberri 2025 Dolcetto Dogliani Bricco Molea
Sourced from the Bricco Mollea vineyard in the Commune of Vicoforte at the furthest southern border of the Langhe. South-facing at 600 meters in elevation. The soil is a mix of Marne di Paroldo (“Paroldo Marl”) – blue-gray silty marls layered...
$32.99
Trediberri 2025 Barbera D'Alba
Grapes are sourced partly from the Roero and partly from the vineyards around the house in Torriglione. East-facing at 250-270 meters in elevation. Soil in Torriglione: The slope here is very steep and is mainly compact blue Marl (clay-limestone) with 40% limestone,...
$32.99
Trediberri 2025 Langhe Nebbiolo
Sourced from the Bricco Mollea vineyard in the Commune of Vicoforte at the furthest southern border of the Langhe. South-facing at 600 meters in elevation. The soil is a mix of Marne di Paroldo (“Paroldo Marl”) – blue-gray silty marls...
$35.99
Trediberri 2022 Barolo del Comune di La Morra
This is the only Barolo made by Trediberri in 2022. A hot and dry year meant lower yields, and so they decided to blend their top vineyard site of Rocche dell’Annunziata into this bottling. A great pivot, and an excellent...
$74.99
Vigneti Massa 2024 Colli Tortonesi Terra Rosso
A fresh and friendly young vine Barbera from Walter Massa. Crunchy strawberry, blueberry, and spice! Would be fun to taste next to one of his aged 'Monleale' Barbera to see how expansive the grape can be.
$24.99
Punset 2023 Barbera d'Alba
A lovely weeknight dinner red wine or perfect for bringing to a dinner party. The Barbera from famed Barbaresco producer, Punset, is more subtle and delicate than other Barbera with brambles, pine, and a slightly underripe berry profile with an...
$22.99
Jasci 2024 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
The Jasci Trebbiano is a fine example of what a conscientious producer can do with Trebbiano d'Abruzzo. In some ways this is an old fashioned white - there is no reliance on skin contact to cover up, or artificial aromas...
$18.99
Corte Pagliare DOP Lambrusco Mantovano Viadenese Sabbionetano
Bone dry, earthy, herbal, and incredibly fresh and drinkable! This winery is on the border of Lombardia and Emilia-Romagna in the plains of the Po River where Benedictine monks made wine 1000 years ago. This Lambrusco is fermented in bottle,...
$21.99
Montesissa Emilio 2022 Rosissima Frizzante Rose
While this drinks very much like a Lambrusco rose, it is technically not! A blend of Barbera and Bonarda are the typical grapes for this style of sparkling rose in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. Barbera brings a bit of inky, earthy, soily...
$27.99
De Angelis 2024 Rosso Piceno
70% Montepulciano & 30% Sangiovese. Spontaneous fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts and the wine matures in stainless steel. A blend of Sangiovese and Montepulciano, this is a pretty, fruit-forward, medium bodied wine, with brambly fruit and thyme, but it’s got...
$14.99
Pianogrillo 2023 Terre Siciliane Grecanico
A fresh and crisp Grecanico, and in true Sicilian style, very versatile at the table. It turns out that Grecanico Dorato (the grape used here) is closely related to Garganega (the grape used in Soave), but this news surprised me...
$27.99
Pianogrillo 2024 Deracine Nero di Avola
Spicy Syrah fruit, black olives, dark cherry, and silky texture. A bit more serious single vineyard Nero d'Avola.
$27.99
Frascole 2022 Chianti Rufina
An easy pick to go with your weeknight spaghetti or parmigiana dinner! Frascole is a small, family run, organically farmed estate in Rufina, the smallest Chianti sub-zone, with high elevations giving it a nearly continental climate. This bottling is a...
$19.99
Villa Guelpa 2020 Sizzano
70% Nebbiolo, and 30% Vespolina from Sizzano's sandy glacial rock soils. 24 months of barrel aging and subsequent aging in bottle. Cherry, rose, anise, cocoa, sandalwood, spice and tar.
An incredible value for a wine with true sense of place!
$29.99
Villa Guelpa 2020 Boca
Boca is one of the new vineyard sites for Daniele Dinoia, proprietor of Villa Guelpa. Quite subtle and restrained tannins with pretty and open aromatics. Cherry, raspberry, blood orange, rose petal, and pepper.
$44.99
