Wednesday, November 8, 2017


Marabino owner and winemaker, Pierpaolo Messina

Pierpaolo Messina 
Marabino, Sicily

The Prince of Noto is Pierpaolo Massina, owner and winemaker of the amazing Marabino winery in the far south east of Sicily.
His wines are gaining attention all over the world for their quality and true reflection of the Noto Terroir. Pierpaolo himself acknowledges he is a little bit mad, a little bit eccentric and is totally commited to producing outstanding organic and biodynamic wines from this unique area in Sicily
Natural…natural…natural… these wines are the purest expression of the terroir and grapes from this area. Wines such as Nero d’Avola, Chardonnay and Moscato along with his special Nero d'Avola Riserva
Pierpaolo will be in Australia for a short time in late November and early December
Wine dinners have been organised in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The Melbourne dinner is already sold out and the Sydney and Brisbane dinners are filling fast

Carolyna, Alan and of course Pierpaolo would love you to join them at the dinner

We hope you can be there!

The dinners will be held in:


Brisbane

Wednesday 22 November 2017 – Vine Restaurant
Download the Brisbane Invitation


Sydney

Tuesday 28 November 2017 – One Ford Street
Download the Sydney Invitation


Melbourne

Wednesday 29 November – Sosta Cucina SOLD OUT


For further information contact Carolyna on carolyna@italianwineimporters.com.au or 0419 581 477

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Macchialupa - Classic wines from Campania



Carolyna and Alan in Montalcino


We spend a considerable time in Italy sourcing new wines and producers for our portfolio of quality Italian wines. Our objective is to find artisan family producers who are environmentally friendly and traditional in style. In other words who let the Terroir reflect the outcome in their wines.

After tasting...and tasting...and tasting some more...(someone has to do it!) we select producers and wines of exceptional quality, commitment and tradition for our portfolio.

One such producer is Macchialupa is from the Campania region near Naples.

This is regarded as one of the newer exciting estates to produce fine examples of classic wines from the area. The estate was established in 2001 by Angelo Valentino, an oenologist specialising in Fiano di Avellino and Aglianico di Taurasi, and Giuseppe Ferrara, an agronomist viticulturist specialising in Greco di Tufo. Both Angelo and Giuseppe are committed to producing outstanding wines

The classic wines arrived in Australia for the first time this year:
  • Fiano di Avellino DOCG 2016  Fruit and floral driven aromas, a full body with freshness and intensive aromatic persistence
  • Greco di Tufo DOCG 2016   Aroma of intense fruit and the scent of apricot. The taste is dry, warm, soft with a full fresh body
  • Falanghina IGT 2016   The aroma is fruity with a scent of peaches, pineapple, magnolia and honey. The taste is dry, warm and soft, a full body with freshness and intensive aromatic persistence
  • Taurasi Aglianico DOCG 2011  The aroma is intense and complex, slightly ethereal, fruity, flowery and spicy with the scent of blackberries marasca (wild cherry) violet, tobacco, cinnamon and vanilla. The taste is dry with a good concentration of tannins, acidity and sapidity, with a full body, well balanced and intense long lasting persistence.
Macchialupa website is http://www.macchialupa.it/

We have looked for the best quality wines from this area for some time. We have now found them.

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