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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: 2015 Product: Luigi Baudana Barolo Cerretta Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $180.00 Dozen Price: $2160.00
Vintage: 2020 Product: A-Mano Negroamaro Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $24.99 Dozen Price: $299.88
Vintage: 2018 Product: Abad Dom Bueno Mencia Laderas del Norte Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $26.99 Dozen Price: $323.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Santa Cristina Toscana Rating 92 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $22.99 Dozen Price: $275.88
Vintage: 2016 Product: 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: 2015 Product: Antinori Solaia Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $850.00 Dozen Price: $10200.00
Vintage: 2021 Product: Antinori Peppoli Chianti Classico Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $34.99 Dozen Price: $419.88
Vintage: 2019 Product: Antonelli Contrario Sagrantino Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $46.99 Dozen Price: $563.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Argiano Rosso di Montalcino Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $46.99 Dozen Price: $563.88
Vintage: 2020 Product: Argiano Rosso di Montalcino Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $39.99 Dozen Price: $479.88
Vintage: 2020 Product: Argiano NC Non Confunditur Toscana Rosso Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $34.99 Dozen Price: $419.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Artigiano Nero d’Avola Rating 92 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price: $19.99 Dozen Price: $239.88
Vintage: 2016 Product: Avanzi Montecorno Rebo Rating 93 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price: $44.99 Dozen Price: $539.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Babo Chianti DOCG Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $27.99 Dozen Price: $335.88
Vintage: 2019 Product: Barone Montalto Nero d’Avola Rating 90 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price: $22.99 Dozen Price: $275.88
Vintage: 2022 Product: Bera Barbera d’Alba Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $32.99 Dozen Price: $395.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bibi Graetz Testamatta Pre-Arrival Offer Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $155.00 Dozen Price: $1860.00
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bibi Graetz Colore Pre-Arrival Offer Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $399.00 Dozen Price: $4788.00
Vintage: 2020 Product: Bibi Graetz Colore Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $420.00 Dozen Price: $5040.00
Vintage: 2020 Product: Bibi Graetz Testamatta Rating 96 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $165.00 Dozen Price: $1980.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Bibi Graetz Colore Rating 98 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $450.00 Dozen Price: $5400.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Bibi Graetz Testamatta Rating 97 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $180.00 Dozen Price: $2160.00
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bindi Sergardi La Boncia Chianti Rating 90 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price: $27.99 Dozen Price: $335.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bindi Sergardi Tenuta I Colli Achille IGT Toscana Rosso Rating 89 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price: $24.99 Dozen Price: $299.88
Vintage: 2020 Product: Bissoni Girapoggio Rating 90 Min. Order: 12 Bottle Price: $37.99 Dozen Price: $455.88
Vintage: 2016 Product: Borgogno Barolo Fossati Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $180.00 Dozen Price: $2160.00
Vintage: 2016 Product: Borgogno Barolo Liste Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $180.00 Dozen Price: $2160.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Brancaia Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva Rating 95 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $79.99 Dozen Price: $959.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Brezza Dolcetto d’Alba Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $39.99 Dozen Price: $479.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bruna Grimaldi Scassa Barbera d’Alba Superiore Rating 93 Min. Order: 6 Bottle Price: $59.99 Dozen Price: $719.88
Vintage: 2015 Product: Bruno Giacosa AA Falletto Barolo Falletto Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $499.00 Dozen Price: $5988.00
Vintage: 2021 Product: Bruno Rocca Trifole Dolcetto d’Alba Rating 94 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $34.99 Dozen Price: $419.88
Vintage: 2019 Product: Caiarossa Toscana Rating 96 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $120.00 Dozen Price: $1440.00
Vintage: 2015 Product: Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $350.00 Dozen Price: $4200.00
Vintage: 2020 Product: Cantina Santadi Tre Torri Carignano del Sulcis Rosato Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $27.99 Dozen Price: $335.88
Vintage: 2022 Product: Cantina Tollo Rocca Ventosa Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Rating 90 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $11.99 Dozen Price: $143.88
Vintage: 2021 Product: Cascina Galarin Le Querce Barbera d’Asti Rating 93 Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $34.99 Dozen Price: $419.88
Vintage: 2020 Product: Castello dei Rampolla Chianti Classico Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $64.99 Dozen Price: $779.88
Vintage: 2018 Product: Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco IGT Rosso Toscana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $145.00 Dozen Price: $1740.00
Vintage: 2018 Product: Castello dei Rampolla d'Alceo IGT Rosso Toscana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $290.00 Dozen Price: $3480.00
Vintage: 2010 Product: Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco IGT Rosso Toscana Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $425.00 Dozen Price: $5100.00
Vintage: 2016 Product: Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $420.00 Dozen Price: $5040.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Ceretto Barolo Brunate Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $430.00 Dozen Price: $5160.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Ceretto Barolo Bussia Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $430.00 Dozen Price: $5160.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Ceretto Barolo Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $190.00 Dozen Price: $2280.00
Vintage: 2019 Product: Ceretto Barolo Rocche di Castiglione Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $430.00 Dozen Price: $5160.00
Vintage: 2020 Product: Ceretto Barbaresco Rating Min. Order: 1 Bottle Price: $170.00 Dozen Price: $2040.00
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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.