Available Each May

Italian Wine Grapes

Our Italian grapes are sourced from the Puglia (Apulia) region in southeastern Italy. The region borders the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the South.

Our grower is located in the Bari region of Puglia with a vineyard of over 40 Hectares. This is a family owned vineyard which produces high quality grapes using traditional Italian vineyard and growing methods

Avaiable Italian Fresh Red Grape Varieties include: Cabernet Sauvignon, Lambrusco, Montepulciano, and Merlot

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is known for its deep flavor and aroma. It is full-bodied and intense, sometimes with herbal or fruit flavors. Some flavors that can best describe Cabernet Sauvignon are black cherry, cassis, and raspberry. These  flavors are balanced out with tannins and acids. 

Merlot

Merlot makes beautiful wines that are medium to dark red in color; have a fruity complexity highlighting cherry and black currant flavors. Merlot generally has lower tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon and comes across rounder and a bit sweeter (Merlot usually has higher sugar levels).

Lambrusco

Lambrusco is the name of an Italian wine and a red wine grape. The grape itself is not particularly sweet but many Lambrusco wines are made sweet by either partial fermentation or by adding sweeter grapes to it. When not fermented sweet the Lambrusco grape is capable of producing a dry wine with aroma of strawberry with a slight bitter finish. 

Montepulciano

Montepulciano is a type of wine grape as well as a type of red wine made from these same grapes from the Abuzzo region of East-Central Italy. Montepulciano is typically a fruity, dry wine with soft tannins and is often consumed young. Montepulciano makes a beautifully deep ruby red wine that is clear and brilliant with purplish shades. Over time the wine can turn to garnet red during its maturation. Montepulciano can have a fairly intense nose of strawberry and ripe plum fruit with flavors of cherries, peaches and plums. Montepulciano pairs with a wide variety of foods most notably baked lasagna. Up to 10% Sangiovese is permitted to be blended with Montepulciano.

Italian Grape Juice prices are available!