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Discover the Soul of Italian Wine and Spirits ©Selected and Imported by Winebow, Inc., New York, NY York, New Inc., Winebow, by Imported and ©Selected SOUTHERN WWW.LLSWINE.COM | | WWW.LLSWINE.COM Italy’s rich spectrum of geography, history, culture and cuisine. and culture history, geography, of spectrum rich Italy’s that produced it. A taste through the portfolio is a journey across across journey a is portfolio the through taste A it. produced that hand-selected and tells a unique story about the family and region region and family the about story unique a tells and hand-selected character and value. Each wine and spirit in the collection is is collection the in spirit and wine Each value. and character has represented Italian wines and spirits of impeccable quality, quality, impeccable of spirits and wines Italian represented has For over 35 years, LLS, an Italian fine wine and spirits importer, importer, spirits and wine fine Italian an LLS, years, 35 over For ABOUT ABOUT CENTRAL NORTHERN The wine zones of NORTHERN ITALY cover a staggering diversity of terrain and culture. The snow-capped peaks and steep vineyards of Alto Adige are home to grapes with names like Müller-Thurgau and Gewürztraminer. They serve as reminders of this region’s history in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. To the east, gentle breezes from the Adriatic soften the otherwise continental climate of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. Their powerful red Amarone, mineral-driven white Soave, and playful Prosecco keep the dinner tables of Venice elegantly appointed. And the stunning region of Piemonte, home to rolling green hills sitting in the dry shadow of the Alps, challenges any other location to match its breadth and quality of wines. This is the region where Barolo was once called the king of wines and wine of kings. Our selection of NORTHERN ITALIAN WINES is built on a foundationDISCOVER of long relationships THE with SOUL the area’s most OF stalwart ITALIAN leaders like Tiefenbrunner, WINE Zardetto, AND and SPIRITS Zenato. But the portfolio remains fresh and relevant by embracing visionary winemakers and new faces like those of Ceretto, Suavia, and Monchiero Carbone. CENTRAL ITALY sits beyond the Pò River Valley, where the hills of the Apennine range lie beneath the brilliant Mediterranean sunshine for which Italy is beloved. Here is where stone farmhouses and cypress-lined drives share the landscape with olive groves, wheat elds, and grape vines. Home to the likes of Montalcino, Chianti Classico and Bolgheri, Tuscany is the best known of Central Italy’s zones. Yet beyond Tuscany many vinous rewards await the adventurer. To the north, Emilia-Romagna is regarded as the food capital of Italy. Here, bubbly Lambrusco and soft Sangiovese accompany rich pasta and meat dishes. In the Marche, the white Verdicchio grape produces electric wines that age for decades. Further south, the mountains of Abruzzo are home to the earthy Montepulciano grape. Heading west toward Rome, in the Lazio region, is a collision of politics, fashion and cuisine. From the Super Tuscans of Tua Rita to the spontaneously fermented Montepulciano of Valle Reale, and the category defining Brunello di Montalcino of Altesino, our collection of CENTRAL ITALIAN WINES is best in class. The sunbaked peninsula known as SOUTHERN ITALY is a lesson in extremes. Jewel-like coastlines give way to towering precipices of volcanic rock. The mountain vineyards of Campania, far from the villas of Capri and markets of Naples, yield wines from ancient varieties like Aglianico, Falanghina, and Greco. In neighboring Basilicata, Aglianico vines yield an entirely different style of wine on the slopes of Mt. Vulture. Puglia boasts a trove of gnarled, bush- trained vines that yield dense red wines from native grapes, most famously Primitivo and Negroamaro. In Calabria, local winemakers like Librandi work to revive ancient varieties such as Gaglioppo. Across the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sicily and Sardinia are home to wines found nowhere else on Earth. Sardinia claims the grape Cannonau, made famous by the pioneering work of Argiolas. Sicily’s grapes are countless, yet Nero d’Avola has surfaced as the representative of the island, one of the finest expressions of which is the Tasca’s Rosso del Conte. All of these wines and more reside in PORTFOLIO MAP LEONARDO LOCASCIO SELECTIONS and paint the picture of region like no other. N ORTHERN Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trentino-Alto Adige Doro Princic KRIS BOROLI BAROLO Tiefenbrunner Lombardia Tramin Aldo Rainoldi Barone Pizzini Veneto La Valle Marsuret DELL’ UNITÀ Nardini Piemonte Poli Bera Sansonina Boroli Secondo Marco Castello di Neive Stella Ceretto Suavia Dell’ Unità Zardetto Bolzano del Professore Zenato Trentino- Giuseppe Cortese Alto Adige Friuli- Monchiero Carbone Venezia Pico Maccario Trento Giulia Tenuta la Marchesa Udine Conegliano Villa Remotti Breganze Valle Bassano del D’Aosta Grappa Lombardia Veneto Trieste Milano Verona Venezia Piemonte Torino Asti Parma Barbaresco Alba Emilia-Romagna Barolo Liguria Bologna Ravenna Genova CENTRAL Rimini Abruzzo Toscana Monti Altesino Firenze Pisa Toscana Codice Citra Castellare LIGURIAN SEA Ancona ADRIATIC SEA Caroso Castello ColleMassari Livorno Arezzo Citra Castello di Bossi S. Gimignano Marche Siena Ferzo Grattamacco Perugia Laus Vitae Le Macioche Assisi Montepulciano Stella Il Marroneto Montalcino Umbria Valle Reale Monastero Grosseto Montefalco Orma Orvieto Lazio Palladio Falesco Poggio Scalette Pescara Poggio di Sotto L’AquilaChieti Emilia-Romagna San Giorgio Lazio Abruzzo Castelluccio San Polo San Quirico Roma Marche Tua Rita Pievalta Valdipiatta Molise Campobasso Molise Umbria Di Majo Norante Falesco La Carraia Bari Tellus Campania Puglia Vitiano Napoli Gravina Mt. Vesuvio Potenza Procida Ischia Lecce Capri Basilicata Sardegna TYRRHENIAN SEA Ciro Cagliari Calabria MEDITERRANEAN SEA Reggio di Lipari Messina Calabria Palermo SOUTHERN Taormina Mt. Etna Catania Basilicata Puglia Sicilia IONIAN SEA Bisceglia Botromagno Agrigento Gianfranco Fino Calabria Leone de Castris Siracusa Librandi Sardegna Pantelleria Campania Argiolas CapriNatura Galardi Sicilia Mastroberardino Morgante Montevetrano Stella Tasca d’Almerita.
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