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Italy

In the Italian category, our focus is on value for money reds from Piedmont and Tuscany as well as fresher style dry whites and sparklings. We also regularly secure wines from Sicily and Puglia to name a few, as well as small volumes of big gun Italian super stars such as Tignanello and Sassicaia and the "Killer Bs": Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello di Montalcino. If there's a wine you're looking for that's not listed, call us on 1800 069 295 and we'll try to find it for you. A general guide to Italian wines has been produced here to help you in your choice.
Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 A-Mano Negroamaro Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$24.99

Dozen Price:

$299.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Antinori Solaia Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$799.00

Dozen Price:

$9588.00

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Antinori Pian Delle Vigne Vignaferrova Riserva Brunello di Montalcino Rating 96 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$240.00

Dozen Price:

$2880.00

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2010 Antinori Solaia Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$899.00

Dozen Price:

$10788.00

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Argiano Solengo Rating 96 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$160.00

Dozen Price:

$1920.00

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Argiano NC Non Confunditur Toscana Rosso Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$34.99

Dozen Price:

$419.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Arnaud Lambert Saint Cyr En Bourg Les Terres Rouge Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$44.99

Dozen Price:

$539.88

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Avanzi Montecorno Rebo Rating 93 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$44.99

Dozen Price:

$539.88

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Benanti Etna Rosso Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$54.99

Dozen Price:

$659.88

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Bibi Graetz Colore Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$450.00

Dozen Price:

$5400.00

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Bibi Graetz Testamatta Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$185.00

Dozen Price:

$2220.00

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Bibi Graetz Colore Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$450.00

Dozen Price:

$5400.00

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Bibi Graetz Colore Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$420.00

Dozen Price:

$5040.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Bibi Graetz Colore Rating 98 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$450.00

Dozen Price:

$5400.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Bibi Graetz Testamatta Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$180.00

Dozen Price:

$2160.00

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Bindi Sergardi La Boncia Chianti Rating 90 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price:

$27.99

Dozen Price:

$335.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Bindi Sergardi Tenuta I Colli Achille IGT Toscana Rosso Rating 89 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price:

$24.99

Dozen Price:

$299.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Brancaia Chianti Classico Riserva Rating 94 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$99.99

Dozen Price:

$1199.88

Vintage: 2015 Product: 2015 Bruno Giacosa AA Falletto Barolo Falletto Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$499.00

Dozen Price:

$5988.00

Vintage: 2015 Product: 2015 Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$350.00

Dozen Price:

$4200.00

Vintage: 2023 Product: 2023 Cantina Tollo Rocca Ventosa Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Rating 90 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$11.99

Dozen Price:

$143.88

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Cascina Galarin Le Querce Barbera d’Asti Rating 91 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$37.99

Dozen Price:

$455.88

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Cascina Galarin Vigna Rorisso Barbera d'Asti Superiore Tinella Rating 94 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price:

$64.99

Dozen Price:

$779.88

Vintage: 2018 Product: 2018 Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco IGT Rosso Toscana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$145.00

Dozen Price:

$1740.00

Vintage: 2018 Product: 2018 Castello dei Rampolla d'Alceo IGT Rosso Toscana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$290.00

Dozen Price:

$3480.00

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$420.00

Dozen Price:

$5040.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Ceretto Barolo Bussia Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$430.00

Dozen Price:

$5160.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Ceretto Barolo Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$190.00

Dozen Price:

$2280.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Ceretto Barolo Rocche di Castiglione Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$430.00

Dozen Price:

$5160.00

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Ceretto Barbaresco Bernadot Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$390.00

Dozen Price:

$4680.00

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Ceretto Barbaresco Asili Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$599.00

Dozen Price:

$7188.00

Vintage: 2017 Product: 2017 E. Pira (Chiara Boschis) Barolo Mosconi Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$210.00

Dozen Price:

$2520.00

Vintage: 2017 Product: 2017 E. Pira (Chiara Boschis) Barolo Via Nuova Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$185.00

Dozen Price:

$2220.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 E. Pira (Chiara Boschis) Barbera d'Alba Superiore Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$69.99

Dozen Price:

$839.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Chionetti San Luigi Rating 91 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$36.99

Dozen Price:

$443.88

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Ciavolich Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Rating 91 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$36.99

Dozen Price:

$443.88

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Cigliano di Sopra Chianti Classico Rating 92 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$69.99

Dozen Price:

$839.88

Vintage: 2020 Product: 2020 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$299.00

Dozen Price:

$3588.00

Vintage: 2021 Product: 2021 Coli Chianti Classico Rating 87 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price:

$32.99

Dozen Price:

$395.88

Vintage: 2022 Product: 2022 Colle Corviano Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$27.99

Dozen Price:

$335.88

Vintage: 2018 Product: 2018 Comm G.B. Burlotto Barolo (375ml) Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$74.99

Dozen Price:

$899.88

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Conterno Fantino Barolo Mosconi Vigna Ped Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$265.00

Dozen Price:

$3180.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Conterno Fantino Barolo Castelletto Vigna Pressenda Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$250.00

Dozen Price:

$3000.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Conterno Fantino Barolo Ginestra Vigna Sori Ginestra Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$280.00

Dozen Price:

$3360.00

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Conterno Fantino Barolo Castelletto Vigna Pressenda Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$210.00

Dozen Price:

$2520.00

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Conterno Fantino Barolo Ginestra Vigna del Gris Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$210.00

Dozen Price:

$2520.00

Vintage: 2016 Product: 2016 Conterno Fantino Barolo Mosconi Vigna Ped Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$220.00

Dozen Price:

$2640.00

Vintage: 2019 Product: 2019 Conterno Nervi Gattinara Vigna Valferana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price:

$430.00

Dozen Price:

$5160.00

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Buy Italian Wine Online.

Many decades ago, Australians were slowly becoming acquainted with mass produced Italian wines that reflected high yields and generally inferior-quality. They were the Lambruscos, Frascatis, Spumantes and basket Chiantis synonymous with cheap & cheerful Italian restaurants. Since the industry has been modernised, the range and (more importantly) the quality of Italian wines has developed exponentially. The very best examples combine distinct regionality with contemporary winemaking flair. Frequently leading the way are small grower-producers at the high end of the passion scale. Nicks Wine Merchants continue to offer a selection of Italian wines as well as traditional Italian liqueurs & aperitifs which you can buy online and have shipped to most areas of Australia.

Italian appellations: a myriad of regions and grape varieties.

In the 1960's, a national effort to raise the country's profile brought about the first controlled-appellation laws, although only a relatively small percentage of Italian wines were certified. The Italian government created two designations, 'Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita', or "DOCG" for the highest quality of wine; and 'Denominazione di Origine Controllata', or "DOC" for quality wines. A third also exists for table wines called 'Vino da Tavola'. The system dictates guidelines to ensure that wines are made according to certain rules that regulate the type of grape(s), the area of production, the maximum amount of tonnage in the vineyard, the minimum alcohol, total acidity, the aging of the wine in wood (if applicable) as well as in bottle, and so on. The Italian system has been controversial with some of the most notable bottlings of recent decades being those that actually break the DOCG rules.

The reality is that Italy is too large and too diverse for its wines to be separated into two or three simplistic categories. Like France, the wine landscape is best thought of as a group of regions and sub regions and wine styles can vary dramatically. There are the richer, riper, fruit filled efforts of the warm south, the tannic, long lived, medium to full bodied dry reds of the central zone, and the pretty, floral, more feminine styles of the far north. The wines are generally food-friendly and less overpowering than those that many Australians will be used to.

Common Italian Wine Label terms.

Tenuta - a large estate or property
Fattoria - a medium to large wine growing property
Podere/Poderi - a small wine farm or property, sometimes part of a fattoria
Vigna/Vigneto - a single demarcated vineyard with a particular name (like "Smith Vineyard")
Feudo/Feudi - a fief or estate held on feudal tenure
Azienda Agricola - a crop producing farm, not necessarily limited to wine production, that grows all its own grapes
Azienda (Casa) Vinicola - same as azienda agricola but also buys grapes grown elsewhere for their wines

There are other words that refer to various geologies or terrains that are sometimes included in wine producers' names:

Ronchi - terrace
Ronco - hillside vineyard
Bricco/Bric - high, steep ridge vineyard (usually assumed to be of high quality)
Colli - hills
Poggio - mound or knoll
Sore - vineyard site of the highest quality, usually facing south
Valle - valley, dale

Lastly, there are words that refer to wine property buildings or the producers themselves.

Cantina - a cellar, winery or wine shop
Villa - town house
Castello - castle
Cascina - the house on a farm property where not only wine is produced
Produttore/Produttori - producer, grower
Viticoltore/Vignaiolo - vine grower

A more in depth guide to Italian wines has been produced here to enhance your appreciation and help you in your choice.