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With bright red-berry and tart cherry flavours, this expressive Italian sangiovese has lift and zest with some spice developing on the finish. It's made by Alberto Antonini at Poggiotondo from selected grapes from surrounding growers, and makes a splendid partner for salami, pizza and tomato-based pasta dishes.

Our members love this bold yet balanced nero d'Avola, and its winning performance in our 2026 Wine Champions tastings showed why. ‘Soft, full and ripe’ with ‘plump black fruit and a hint of coffee’, it performs a brilliant balancing act between fruity generosity and oak-influenced spice and structure. Brilliant value.

These old, bush-trained negroamaro vines on Vallone's San Pancrazio vineyard in Italy's heel produce intensely flavoured grapes. This Riserva has had time in large old oak to soften and has generous blackcurrant fruit and a full-bodied palate.

A 'baby Barbaresco' courtesy of Enrico Dellapiana. This highly fragrant, vibrant expression of nebbiolo seduced our Wine Champions panel with its ‘elegant rose-petal perfume’ and ‘refined, pretty palate.’ Made from young vines in Barbaresco-certified vineyards, it's a fantastic bargain. Prestigiously certified Sistema Qualità Nazionale di Produzione Integrata (SQNPI), Rizzi are committed to working as sustainably as possible, from farming without irrigation, reusing water from the cellar and planning to collect rainwater, installing 50kw of solar panels so far, to moving toward organic farming. Growing cover crops encourages pollinators, and compost comes from their own vineyard waste and grape skins, all helping to maintain good soil structure. The planting of cypress and olive trees has the benefit of boosting biodiversity too, with the added bonus of delicious olive oil at the end.

Rocco Pasetti makes the most attractive example we know of this Italian classic. Juicy and bright and bursting with ripe cherry and red plum fruit, with a graphite edge on the finish. A deliciously fulfilling example of this great grape. It's absolutely perfect for enjoying with pizza or pasta dishes of all kinds.

We all need an easy-going, fuss-free red – cue this juicy, bright barbera from north-west Italy. Light to medium-bodied, this has cherry and blackberry flavours, and a crisp, refreshing finish.