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03/20/2026

Giuseppe Parussa Roero Rosso 2023! One of my favorite Nebbiolos and one of the best values in the Devenish book! We just received 83 cases of this wine. That was all that came into the United States for this year.

Available at Zu Bakery, Enoteca Athena, Saint George Pizza, Blue Hill Wine Shop, Leeward, Via Vecchia, Table Bar, Maine and Loire, Round Pond Cheese Co, Sissle and Daughters, Rosemont Market

The winery was started in 1958 by his grandfather. His father is 95 and still gardens and putters in the vineyards. Giuseppe farms 6 hectares in total, 3 of which are vines (Nebbiolo, Favorita, Arneis, and Barbera) and the other 3 are planted to old local varieties of peaches, apples, and apricots. Giuseppe works very naturally in the vineyards; it’s a small enough operation that he can work manually and he just uses organic copper sulfate for anti fungal treatments. The wines ferment naturally in small stainless steel tanks and then the Nebbiolo and Barbaera are aged for varying amounts of time in old oak casks.

03/16/2026

Domaine des Espiers Cotes du Rhone Rouge! When the weather is crazy it calls for a wine that is super sunny, sleek, and beautifully balanced: Domaine Espiers, one of my favorite Rhone producers!

Available at Lois's Natural Foods, New Morning, Browne Trading, Zu Bakery, LeRoux Kitchen, Wine Wise, Nina June, and the Round Pond Cheese Co

Grenache 70%-Syrah 10%-Mourvedre 20%, on argilo-calcaire-caillouteux soils, and fermented in concrete tanks. This wine all comes from a single vineyard, it is not a blend of different parcels. Even more unusual the vines are all co-planted (they’re quite old) and the grapes are all harvested together and co-fermented! It sounds difficult to me but Amelie says Philippe is very particular about timing the harvest and that the grapes sort of even each other out in the mix of riper and less ripe varieties. I’m really very impressed by the quality and value of this; it tastes like a wine that should cost much more!

03/15/2026

Some choice shots from this week's trip to Sicily and Pantelleria

03/14/2026

Col di Bacche Vermentino di Toscana 2024! Classic tasty tropicalsalty Vermentino from the Tuscan seaside!

Available at R&R Chocolate and Leeward

I love good Vermentino! And this is really good Vermentino! The family only has about 1.5 hectares of Vermentino and makes about 600 cases per year. Harvest is by hand in the first week of September. It ferments with selected yeasts in stainless steel and then ages in stainless steel for about 6 months with stirrings and contact with the fine lees. This is a very forward aromatic and tropical Vermentino and that lees contact must help add to the depth of the wine.

03/10/2026

Billecart Salmon Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru Cuvee Louis 2012! This is an incredible Blanc de Blanc Champagne and one of my favorite Champagnes I have ever had. You can find this at Twelve and Wine Wise

03/09/2026

Collecapretta 'Burbero' Rosso 2022!

Only 24 bottles came into Maine. You can find it at The Wine Seller, Black Birch, Anju, or have your favorite shop order 1 of the 3 bottles I've got left in stock

Burbero is 80% Sangiovese that is let ripen a bit beyond the le Cese ripening point plus 10% Merlot and 10% Ciliegiolo. Hand harvested and native yeast fermentation with nothing added. This had 7 days of skin maceration.

Aroma: wow, exuberant vivid fruit. It's got that Hi-C fruit punch thing going on. There's pomegranate, blood orange, fresh raspberry, ripe wild sumac, and some pink grapefruit! It's bright and high-toned but definitely also ripe and juicy! What a combination of flavors

Taste: lots of juicy vivid slightly compacted fruit: juicy ripe blood orange and pomegranate are the first flavors I get. I think the Ciliegiolo comes through on the mid palate with more density and a concentrated raspberry and then Maraschino cherry flavor. The fruit is dense and concentrated but still so vivid: kind of a fresh raspberry strawberry jam kind of experience. I feel like I should have eaten more weird candies as a kid to properly describe this. It's very exciting but these flavors are kind of outside of the normal flavor palate in an awesome and exciting way. Then it just barely verges on being darker and earthier on the mid palate. There's moments where it seems a little chocolatey but then it disappears. The wine has some serious tannins but the fruit is so juicy that you don't really notice them.

03/08/2026

Cantina Sociale di Gattinara Gattinara 2018! Gorgeous classic aromatic and bewitching old school Nebbiolo from the foothills of the Alps

Available at Vessel and Vine, Bow St, Lady of the Vine, Solo Italiano, and Lily Lupine and Fern

Gattinara was internationally famous and sought after… way back in the late 1800s and very early 1900s. Then the World Wars happened followed by Italy’s economic miracle when everyone left the countryside and went to work in the new factories of Turin and Milan. The region almost died out in the 70s and 80s but has gone through a bit of a resurgence. Still, there are less than 20 wine makers in the whole DOCG. The Co-op was founded in 1908 by a collective of small family farmers in an attempt to stand up to the big landowners and collectively finance a serious winery. Today it’s still a small group of farmers working 8 hectares; 5 of which are cultivated for their Vino Rosso leaving just 3 hectares approved for Gattinara DOCG. The Gattinara is still aged for at least 2 years in a large old oak cask and then 2-3 more before release. So yes: 2018 is the current release of this brilliant Nebbiolo!

03/07/2026

Galactica Sauvignon Blanc 2024!

In our hunt for more great values to see us through the winter we discovered the Galactica Cabernet and Sauvignon Blanc from Chile. These come from the exclusively South American portfolio of Brazos. These two wines are made by Ricardo Baettig and Daniela Salinas from vineyards in cooler climate parts of Chile. The Cabernet comes from the la Constancia vineyard in the southern Maule region and the Sauv Blanc comes from the Yerbas Buenas vineyard in the foothills of the Maule region.

03/04/2026

Eduardo Torres Acosta 'Versante Nord' Siciliane Rosso 2023! Beautiful expressive hightoned Nerello Mascalese from up on the north side of the volcano!

Eduardo's Etna Rosso is a blend of mostly Nerello Mascalese but also includes Nerello Cappuccio, Alicante, Garnacha, and probably other stuff; the 2 hectares of various small vineyards this comes from are all old field blends. The various parcels are harvested as they ripen and all the grape varieties ferment together with wild yeasts. They get about 15 days of skin contact in cement tanks and then age for about 16 months in a mix of cement and used oak barriques.

03/02/2026

Conestabile della Staffa 'Case Sparse' Rosso 2023! Ned was back in Umbria this past Autumn and mixed up a new red blend with Danilo! All natural wild fermented and with Danilo's signature tense mineral structure. Only available in Maine!

This time around Case Sparse Red is 50/50 Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo. It’s great! The Sangiovese contributes bright fruit, acidity, and minerality, while the Ciliegiolo gives it some more powerful candied cherry aromas and flavors that round it out. The juice all rested in neutral resin tanks to preserve the fresh vibrant fruit. Fermentation was spontaneous and there is no sulfur, filtration, or fining. Nothing added at all.

02/28/2026

Galactica Cabernet Sauvignon 2024! Rich, lush, sexy Cabernet Sauvignon from a small vineyard in southern Maule Chile! This is an incredible value and so impressive for it's price!

Available at Rosemont Market, Bissell Brothers, Salsbury Organics, Lois's in Scarborough, Great Cranberry General, Bow St Beverage in Wells, Blue Hill Wine Shop, Sure Lie, Smalls, and House Wine

The Galactica Cabernet is actually about 85% Cabernet and the other 15% is Syrah. The grapes grow on a mixture of granitic and alluvial soil. The fruit is all destemmed and then fermentation takes place with added yeasts in temperature controlled stainless steel. The wine then spends 6 months in neutral oak casks so soften a bit.

02/24/2026

Conestabile della Staffa 'Case Sparse' Bianco 2024!

This recipe of Case Sparse white that we concocted is 50/50 Trebbiano and Grechetto. The grapes are destemmed and spend a night on the skins and then the juice is taken away from the skins. So it has some skin contact which gives it some color and a bit more savory depth, but no tannin as it’s only about 12 hours. As always fermentation is spontaneous and there is no sulfur, filtration, or fining.

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