Italy | Italian Natural Wine
Natural wine seems like a recent development in Italy as it emerges in popularity, but the general consensus among Italy’s natural wine producers is that it is not something new - instead, it is the return to traditional winemaking, the way wine was made before it was heavily industrialised.
Popular natural wine producers include Cantina Giardino, Frano Terpin, Radikon, Frank Cornelissen, Occhipinti, Le Coste and many more.
Vino di Fognano bianco
Paolo Foppiani
Apricot, white pepper, tangerine
Lacaldera Rosso 2022
Andrea Occhipinti
Grechetto, less known grape from Lazio
Quinto Quarto Rosso 2021
Franco Terpin
A WILD & DIFFERENT Cab Sauv + Merlot
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Bossanova
Expect Cherries, Cranberries & Plums
Amarone della Valpolicella 2017
Tasi Wine
Amorone is made with dried grapes..
ARCAI Anfora Rosso 2020 (RARE)
Porta Del Vento
Beautiful, rich Sicilian red
Buriana 2021 MAGNUM
Jacopo Stigliano
ONLY magnums made this vintage!
Perricone 2011 (RARE)
Porta del Vento
Earthy. Complex. Delicious.
Perricone 2015 MAGNUM (240 bottles, hand numbered)
Porta del Vento
AMAZING aged Sicilian Red
Lyr MAGNUM (RARE)
Porta del Vento
The FIRST sparkling with the grape
Cassiara Veneto 2022
Monteforche
Low acid, floral white.
Carantina Merlot
Monteforche
Puglian wine with low acidity
Serragghia Rosato 2022
Gabrio Bini
Red/white blend with great energy!
Bianco (Ortrugo) 2021
Vino del Poggio
Volatile North Italian
Bianco (Malvasia) 2021
Vino del Poggio
Volatile North Italian
Machado 2020
Francesco Guccione
Herbal, bitter, complex red/white blend
Cerasa Bianco 2021
Francesco Guccione
Camomile. Herbs. Raisin. Salt
P 2019 Perricone
Francesco Guccione
The forgotten grape...
Nerello Mascalese 2020
Francesco Guccione
Balsamic Strawberry Soul
Trebbi 2020
Porta del Vento
Kissed by the Sicilian Sun!
Diverse terroir, grape varieties & wine styles
In northwestern Piedmont (bordering France and Switzerland), Barbera is the most planted grape variety, though cultivation of the Nebbiolo grape produces two of the most well-known Italian wines, Barolo and Barbaresco. In the northeast, the Friuli region is known for some of the finest orange wines in the world - among them Radikon.
Sicily, Italy’s most southern region, is known for aromatic and juicy grape varieties such as Nerrello Mascalese, Nero d’Avola, Grillo, and Zibbibo. Due to ample hills and mountains on the island (including Mount Etna), Sicilian wine has a freshness and elegance that sets it apart from other southern warm-climate wines. Until recently, Sicilian wine was a write-off seen only for bulk wine exports used for blending in France and Spain - now their terroir and focus on quality is really paying off and wines can command a much higher price than 30 years ago.
• Porta del Vento - Sicily
• Cantina Giardino - Campania
• Denavolo - Emilia-Romagna
• La Stoppa - Emilia-Romagna
• Occhipinti - Sicily
• Costadila - Veneto
• Valli Unite - Piedmont
• Carussin - Piedmont
• Frank Cornelissen - Sicily
• Emidio Pepe - Abruzzo
• Le Coste - Lazio
• Radikon - Friuli
• Alessandro Viola - Sicily