Our Italian Partners Win Big at SF Int’l Wine Competition

Our Italian Partners Win Big at SF Int’l Wine Competition

Select wines from our Italian portfolio brought “home” to Berkeley 10 medals from the San Francisco International Wine Competition! Congratulations Murgo from Sicilia, Musto Carmelitano from Basilicata, Ausonia from Abruzzo and Zuccolo from Fruili.

NEW ARRIVALS! Vadiaperti, Our New Partner from Campania

NEW ARRIVALS! Vadiaperti, Our New Partner from Campania

Our new partner, Vadiaperti is a generations-old family estate that has both the first and last word on the true character of southern Italian white wines. Our selections from the 2014 vintage will be arriving this week—here’s why you need to make space in your cellar for these gorgeous gems.

At Aspen, Our White Burgundy Steals the Show

North Berkeley Imports for the second year in a row was at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, one of the country’s premier gourmet events. In addition to some top wines showcased at the many excellent seminars, our team knocked it out of the park in the Grand Tasting Pavilion with some two dozen bottles that wowed the crowd.

High Praise for Vadiaperti’s 2014 Fiano d’Avellino

High Praise for Vadiaperti’s 2014 Fiano d’Avellino

Winemaker Raffelle Troisi of Azienda Agricola Vadiaperti is one of our newest partners from Campania in southern Italia. Focusing exclusively on white wines, this generations-old estate is the standard bearer of great wines from Irpina.

Caravaglio: Unparalleled “authenticity and intensity”

Caravaglio: Unparalleled “authenticity and intensity”

The most traditional wine from the Aeolian Islands, where Azienda Agricola Caravaglio is found, is a sweet wine made from the white grape Malvasia delle Lipari. Ripe grapes are left to dry naturally, concentrating their sugars, and are then pressed and the juice fermented.