I am very pleased to be doing business again with Matilde Poggi at Le Fraghe, an excellent producer of Bardolino. We are finding that many of our customers are very interested in drinkable, less extracted red wines, and this Bardolino is just the thing. Cherries, hints of herbs, very well made (the same enologist as Sorelle Bronca), perfect summer red or salumi wine. Download the tech sheet here.

Other new arrivals: '09 dry Muscat and Lagrein from Thurnhof; '09 Piedirosso from La Sibilla; a final shipment of the extraordinary '09 Nebbiolo Rosato from Sella; and (ten days ago) the excellent fresh, bright white wines from Erste und Neue. To see a complete list of new arrivals, click here.