Emilia-Romagna

Young vigneronne Chiara Condello works 7 hectares of mixed-use land (vines, olive trees, woods) to produce low intervention wines indicative of Romagna. This silky Sangiovese offers lovely red & black fruit with pleasant structure... Read More

Organically farmed and handled with minimal intervention in the cellar, this Barbera-based blend comes from Emilia-Romagna, rather than Piedmont. Juicy, ripe, & fruit-forward, but with restrained alcohol and tannins, it is an... Read More

This dry, refreshing rosé Lambrusco comes from sustainably grown vines and is hand-harvested before fermenting in the bottle with native yeast and no disgorgement (rather than in the tank method, which is more common in... Read More

Althought winemaker Alberto Paltrinieri considers this gorgeous sparkling wine a red, it pours a pale rose in color - dry & elegant, it offers bright, food-friendly acidity leading to a palate full of red berries, savory herbs,... Read More

Although farmed & vinified in Modena using a hyper-local Lambrusco variety, this bubbly is ‘declassified’ because the winemaker eschews the efficient tank method & instead uses the méthode traditionelle for... Read More

Made naturally, without commercial yeasts, adjustment for acidity, or chaptalization, this is a remarkably vibrant, mouthwateringly bright expression of Sorbara—a local variety that may be related to Meunier. Lively acidity... Read More

Gianluca Bergianti is an extremist, especially in Emilia-Romagna, where he eschews the cheap, quick Charmat method to make traditional & ancestral method natural sparkling wines from biodynamically-farmed fruit. ‘Steve’... Read More