This Week’s Tasting “INDIGENOUS Selections is a highly-specialized import company owned by Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta. We represent a collection of carefully selected Italian wineries that produce the finest, most authentic Italian wines with an emphasis on competitive pricing and unparalleled customer support. Our mission is to showcase some of Italy’s most captivating winemakers, specifically…
This Week’s Tasting Dear Tasters, This week’s tasting features a selection of Italian wines imported by Indigenous Selections that will be presented by Regional Sales Representative Adam Hoffman. Indigenous Selection specializes in terroir-driven, authentic Italian wines. It is owned by Giorgio Rivetti who is also the owner and winemaker at La Spinetta winery. For the…
This Week’s Tasting Neal Rosenthal established his importing company, Rosenthal Wine Merchant, in 1977. They specialize in wines from France and Italy, most notably the regions of Burgundy and Piedmont, although they also import wine from Switzerland and Spain, among others. He is a firm believer in the concept of “terroir” or the sum effects…
Italian Wines Various Regions including Tuscany, the Veneto and the Abruzzo “Ca’ Furlan is run by Alessandro Furlan. He has made wine for years at his family’s vineyard in Friuli known as Franco Furlan, but has since gone out on his own in search of making wines that inspire and are true to their roots….
Scarpetta and Casa Rojo Scarpetta- “Our Story…You would be hard pressed to find two people more Friuli-obsessed than Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Patterson. Even within Friuli their true passion for the region elicits some curious head scratching and warm Italian chuckles from the humble wine-makers and restaurateurs. Tuscany, sure. Rome, of course. But to be…
Italian Wine Various Regions Belstar– “The 3 hectares managed by the Bisol family on the Cartizze hill, the most precious vineyard in Italy, is their crowning glory. By means of a continuous change of generations the Bisol family keep on handing down the scepter from father to son and dividing management responsibilities between the family…
Summertime Wines from France, Spain and Italy Charles Smith/Secco Italian Bubbles– “Grower-driven, vintage-dated, pure and fresh, Secco Italian Bubbles truly defines “the dolce vita.” Growing up in Rome, Italy, Ginevra and Olivia Casa always had an infatuation for Prosecco. In 2010, after the change in laws pertaining to Prosecco production, Charles Smith and Casa…
Imported by Frederick Wildman and Sons Wines from France, Portugal and Italy Frederick Wineman and Sons– “Following the repeal of prohibition, Frederick S. Wildman, a Connecticut-born wine connoisseur, bought the century-old Bellows and Co., a wine importer and fine-food emporium. That same year Wildman traveled to Europe’s finest vineyards to pursue suppliers and to…
Italian Wines Regions include Piedmont, Tuscany, Campania and Sicily Importers include Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Indigenous Selections, and Regal Wine Imports From Indigenous Selections website regarding the Indigenous Private Label wines– “The concept is simple, real wines made from some of Italy’s most interesting and extraordinary local grape varieties. Faithful to the philosophy, we embrace…
Italy and Spain Indigenous Private Label Wines and Bodegas Riojanas “INDIGENOUS Selections is a highly-specialized import firm owned by Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta. Our company represents a collection of carefully selected Italian wineries that produce the finest, most authentic Italian wines with an emphasis on competitive pricing and unmatched customer support. Our mission is to…