June 30, 2026 · Above Wines
How we buy: 10 family wineries, 6 regions
How a wine earns a place on our shelf: an enological analysis, then a sensory evaluation — and the 10 family-owned partner wineries we work with.
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The Journal
Notes from the import side of the wine business
Essays and field notes on the grapes, the growers, and the buying trips behind the shelf. One or two a month, written by the people who taste for a living.
July 21, 2026 · Above Wines
Why Gaglioppo is the most underrated red in Italy
Calabria’s native red spent a century being blended into other people’s wine. Tasted on its own terms, it sits somewhere between Nebbiolo and Grenache — and costs half as much.
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June 9, 2026 · Above Wines
Cirò, on the Ionian coast
A small town on Calabria’s Ionian coast, its own red grape, and the wine we hand to anyone who thinks southern Italian red has to be heavy.
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