Italian Red Discoveries

Duca di Cardino is a medium-bodied red wine with ripe cherry and forest fruit aromas and flavors, plus hints of subtle violet and oaky spice. Elegant and complex, the wine also has smooth tannins and a fresh, food-friendly acidity.

Pizza and pastas (esp. with red sauce), steak, veal, dark-meat chicken, barbecue, lamb, aged cheeses.

Massaro Del Fondo is a big, rich red wine with rich blackberry, black cherry and black plum jam on the nose, plus subtle baking spice notes. The palate is luxuriously rich and velvety with intensely concentrated black-fruit flavors. Hints of spice frame the long, smooth finish.

Beef, lamb, pizza (esp. with meaty toppings), game, tomato-based pasta dishes, aged cheeses.

Bartolomeo Lorenzi Valpolicella Ripasso is a lusciously full-bodied red with aromas of ripe plum and cherry, supported by notes of cinnamon and licorice. The palate is redolent with bramble fruit, baking spice, and dark chocolate, which are lifted by the silky mouthfeel and a long, chocolaty finish.

Pastas (in cream sauce or pesto), seafood, roasted vegetables, grilled anchovies.

Luciani Rosso di Montalcino is a medium- to full-bodied red wine with elegant cherry, cinnamon and licorice aromas. The palate has more ripe dark fruit and spice flavors, with a mineral edge. Balanced tannins and fresh acidity introduce the long, complex finish.

Pizza and pastas (esp. with red sauce), steak, veal, dark-meat chicken, barbecue, lamb, aged cheeses.

Palumbo Riserva is a full-bodied red with ripe dark berry, star anise and delicate violet aromas. The rich, concentrated palate has spicy black-fruit flavors, rounded tannins and a long, luxurious finish.

Poultry (esp. dark meat), sausages, pasta in red sauce, bitter greens (chicory, kale), red meat.

Purezza is a medium-bodied red wine with wild blackberry, raspberry and fresh violet aromas and flavors. The palate is silky-smooth and complex, with a long, vibrant finish.

Poultry (esp. dark meat), sausages, pasta in red sauce, bitter greens (chicory, kale), red meat.

Domare Barbera is a light- to medium-bodied red wine with medium acidity and low-to-medium tannins. It has aromas and flavors of red and black cherries, raspberries and red plums.

Pizza, rich pastas, barbecue, full-flavored cheeses (i.e. Parmigiano Reggiano), mushrooms.