From the Modena Region of Italy

 

 

The Province of Modena stretches from Lombardy to the North to Tuscany in the south, and can be divided into three areas, a plain to the north, hills in the center and mountains to the south, with the highest summit being Monte Cimone, that dominates a large part of the landscape. It is a province of great history, having been an independent state, the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, for many centuries before the unity of Italy, and has presently one of the highest living standards in Italy, thanks to a flourishing industrial sector, comprising world-renowned companies as Ferrari, and Lamborghini. This is a Lovely deep purple label with the Cavallino Rampante proudly featured. Marked “Vino Frizzante Secco” (dry sparkling wine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Umbria is Italy’s fourth-smallest region and produces only a third as much wine as Tuscany, but the winemakers in this intimate area buried in the heart of Italy are undergoing a period of exciting change as Umbrian wines become more known and respected on the world scene. Although historically Umbria has been overshadowed by its more famous neighbor, Tuscany, the wine world is now discovering this beautiful and lesser-known region bordered by Tuscany, Marche and Latium. 

Ferruccio Lamborghini purchased the vineyard land near the beautiful Lake Trasimeno in Umbria in 1971. However it was only a few years ago that his daughter, Patrizia Lamborghini, turned the wine into a serious business, upgrading the facilities and hiring winemaker Riccardo Cotarella to take charge of production. A blend of Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo and Merlot. The fruit being macerated (left on its skins and bunches in tanks) before the main fermentation. Aged in large oak barrels for four months after its fermentation. The total production for this wine, the estate\'s entry level wine was and still is only 100,000 bottles for world consumption

 

 

The region of Mick Hucknell of Simply

Red's vineyard.  Salvo Foti’s greatest Etnean project yet? Who can say. Yet the wines of Il Cantante - luscious, elegant, beautiful, mysterious - certainly have a place in that conversation. Mount Etna is Europe’s highest active volcano, and is home to some of the most exciting wines to explode into the international marketplace. Il Canante’s hectares on Mount Etna produce about 15,000 bottles of wine, with an additional 12,000 bottles of Nero d’Avola being produced with grapes purchased from friends in Pachino.  The estate’s fruit is farmed in the traditional Etnean way, that is to say organically with no systemic chemicals, either fertilizer or pesticides. Soils, derived from ancient volcanic eruptions, are black, sandy, and richly mineral. Grape vines are trained in Albarello (Gobelet) and are planted 9,000 plants to the hectare, with traditional Chestnut stakes for support; varietals are co-planted and co-fermented. Climate on Etna is harsh - with very warm day-time temperatures dropping as much as 30 degrees during the summer, and cold, snowy winters.

Il Cantante’s four primary vineyards are called Pagano (Northern and Eastern exposition at 750 meters), Cosentino (very close to Pagano, also 750 meters with Northern and Eastern exposition), Puntalazzo (at 800 meters, SE exposition), and Gabri (1200 meters, producing grapes for the Etna Bianco, orientation North). No irrigation is practiced and most of the grapevines are planted on natural rootstock. The wines vinified in the traditional way in open-top fermenters using frequent pigeage, more or less depending upon the vintage. Elevage is in a combination of Barrique and Tonneaux, 225 and 500 liter. The wines are never fined nor filtered. Everything from work in the vineyards, to harvest and vinification, is done entirely by hand

 

 

Marilyn Monroe an iconic figure born Norma Jean in California June 1926 and died August 1962.  A Golden Globe Award winning actress and admired by so many and to this day her name speaks volumes. A collection of wines have been named after the great star and produced from the Nappa Valley Merlot grapes nurtered in California.  We hope to bring you a limited selection priced £30 - £200. vintages start from 1998 to 2010 and are only produced each year on the 1st June, her birthday. Supplied in limited quantities with the emphasis on quality of wine and not quantity.  Please register your interest through our "contact us" page or email address. This is your chance to own something unique and collectable.  These wines are very popular and sell out fast.

 

 

 

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