Producer Spotlight
Antinori Wine Tasting
w/ special guest, Fred Wright!
Saturday, May 6th, 2-4pm, $20
Antinori Wine Tasting
Le Petit Bijou
Saturday, April 29th
2-4pm, $20
With Special Guest, Fred Wright of United Johnson Brothers
256-964-7980 to Reserve!
2021 Tormaresca Salento Calafuria Rosé, Italy $15.99
Calafuria is a bright peach-blossom pink color. On the nose, Calafuria offers fruity notes of peaches, pink grapefruit and pomegranate that merge with delicate floral sensations of wisteria flowers. Its palate is supple, bright with pleasing freshness in perfect balance with its aromatic persistence with a delicate savory note on the finish.
Tormaresca is the expression of the above two souls. Character, personality and top quality are the characteristics that Puglia transmits to the native grape varieties. For this reason the Antinori family gave birth to Tormaresca in 1998 when they started investing in Puglia, considering it one of the most promising regions in Italy for the production of high quality wines with a strong territorial identity.
2021 Marchesi Antinori, Villa Antinori Toscana Bianco, Tuscany, Italy $13.99
Villa Antinori Bianco is straw yellow in color with greenish hues. On the nose it is refined, elegant, fruity and floral with notes of banana, pineapple, white blossoms and candied fruit. The palate is balanced with good persistence and a mineral finish.
The Antinori family has been committed to the art of winemaking for over six centuries since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became a member, of the “Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri”, the Florentine Winemakers’ Guild.
All throughout its history, twenty-six generations long, the Antinori family has managed the business directly maki
2021Tenuta Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Vermentino, Tuscany, Italy $21.99
Vermentino from Tenuta Guado al Tasso is straw yellow in color with greenish highlights. Good intensity on the nose with citrus aromas, citron peel and elderflowers. Its palate has good concentration yet maintains excellent freshness and balance. Its finish is lingering with light citrusy notes. The Guado al Tasso estate is located near Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast, 96 kilometers (60 miles) to the southwest of Florence. The 300 hectares (750 acres) planted to vineyards on the property are in the center of the so-called” Bolgheri amphitheater”: rolling hillsides which surround a splendid plain which slopes gently towards the sea and create a microclimate with unique characteristics. Guado al Tasso, the flagship wine of the estate, expresses all of the force and suppleness of this corner of the upper Maremma. It has contributed to raise Bolgheri to the level of the most important areas of Europe’s viticulture, expressing a decisively Mediterranean character of power, elegance, and balance.
2021 Castello della Sala, Umbria Chardonnay Bramìto del Cervo, Tuscany, Italy $21.99
The Castello della Sala towers over a tufaceous promontory of the Umbrian Apennines (at 534 meters, or some 1750 feet, above sea level) just a short distance away from the boundary with Tuscany and approximately 18 kilometers (11 miles) from the historic city of Orvieto. It is a lovely medieval fortress, surrounded by historic, hillside Etruscan villages, halfwaybetween the Paglia river and the peak of Mount Nibbio. The estate consists of a total surface area of 500 hectares (1250 acres), 140 of which (345 acres) are planted to vineyards located at 200-450 meters (650-1480 feet) above sea level on clayey soils rich in Pliocene-epoch fossils of volcanic and sedimentary origin. Approximately eight hectares (20 acres) are covered by olive groves for the production, for domestic use, of extra-virgin olive oil.
2021 Marchesi Antinori, Villa Antinori Toscana Rosso, Tuscany, Italy $22.99
The Antinori family has been committed to the art of winemaking for over six centuries since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became a member, of the “Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri”, the Florentine Winemakers’ Guild.
All throughout its history, twenty-six generations long, the Antinori family has managed the business directly making innovative and sometimes bold decisions while upholding the utmost respect for traditions and the environment.
2020 Marchesi Antinori, Pèppoli Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy $25.99
Wine Enthusiast – 90 Points
"Cherries, strawberries and ripe tomatoes pop off the nose of this Chianti Classico standby from Antinori, with more classic notes of wild fennel, soil and balsamic vinegar arriving after a moment. The palate is fresh and bright with more cherries, joined with figs and plums, before hints of dark chocolate. Dusty tannins highlight earthy undertones for a savory contrast." – D.C., 1/11/2022
2021 Tenuta Guado al Tasso, Bolgheri Il Bruciato, Tuscany, Italy $29.99
The Guado al Tasso estate is located near Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast, 96 kilometers (60 miles) to the southwest of Florence. The 300 hectares (750 acres) planted to vineyards on the property are in the center of the so-called” Bolgheri amphitheater”: rolling hillsides which surround a splendid plain which slopes gently towards the sea and create a microclimate with unique characteristics. Guado al Tasso, the flagship wine of the estate, expresses all of the force and suppleness of this corner of the upper Maremma. It has contributed to raise Bolgheri to the level of the most important areas of Europe’s viticulture, expressing a decisively Mediterranean character of power, elegance, and balance.