Let the WineAlign Critics help you find the Right Wine
for the Right Price, Right Now!
Top 5 Piedirosso at the LCBO
John’s Chianti Classico Collection Report 2025 & Top Buys
By John Szabo MS Earlier this year I attended the Anteprime di Toscana, the annual release of new vintages from all the major Tuscan appellations (with the exception of Brunello di Montalcino, which hosts a separate preview tasting in November). It’s always a brilliant opportunity to catch up with producers, taste soon-to-be-released wines, and get […] More
John Szabo’s Buyer’s Guide to Vintages August 30th Release
If It’s in the Buyer’s Guide, It’s Worth Buying, and Navigating “Scoreflation” By John Szabo MS, with notes from David Lawrason, Michael Godel, Megha Jandhyala and Sara d’Amato Navigating the Scoreflation First, just a brief word on the admittedly tired subject of wine scores. We know that you know this already, but considering the theme […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – August 16th Vintages Release
We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the August 16th release, which one would it be and why?” Mullineux Old Vines White Wo Swartland 2024, South Africa$39.95, Nicholas Pearce Wines Inc.Michael Godel – The current and modern South African recursions of blending white varieties off of old vine plantings is […] More
National Wine Awards of Canada
Canada's premier wine awards. In 2022, 24 judges tasted over 1,900 wines from 250 wineries across the country to identify Canada's top wines.
National Wine Awards of CanadaExchange Wine Club Subscription
The Exchange delivers an exclusive curated, mixed case of top quality wines directly to your door once a quarter. Mixed, All Red and All White options.
Exchange Wine Club Subscription
Piedirosso is an ancient, black-skinned grape variety found throughout Campania, Italy. It was very widely planted in the 19th Century following the phylloxera crisis, but has since suffered a decline. Today, the trend is slowly being reversed with producers returning to the grape, albeit predominantly as a blending partner for Aglianico and Olivella. Piedirosso means "red feet" in Italian, and is named as such because the stem is made up of three branches and is russet colored making the vine resemble a dove's foot. This also explains some of the variety's other names Palombina, meaning "little dove" and Pere'e Pallummo, meaning "dove's foot".
