• Order the following wines, plus those in the May 20, 2019 newsletter, by the case for home, restaurant or office delivery in Ontario from VinoLuna wine agency. Contact via VinoLuna website, by Email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or, in the GTA phone 416 587-6691. 

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Provolo ‘Tenuta Ca’Nove’ Soave 2018
DOC Soave, Italy $15.95 13.0% alcohol
This 100%, highly aromatic garganega gives off aromas of honeysuckle, melon and ripe apple. It’s medium-bodied with generous mouthfeel and excellent balance throughout. Delicious flavours of lemon pie filling and grilled pineapple wash over the palate persisting through the balanced and beautiful, mouth-watering finish and aftertaste. Pour alongside seafood, chicken or pork. (Vic Harradine)

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Provolo ‘Gino’ Rosso Veneto 2018
IGT Rosso Veneto, Italy $15.95 13.5% alcohol
Delicate aromas of floral notes and spice waft from this 60% Corvina/20% Rondinella/20% Corvinone red blend A tang-laden gusher of crunchy red fruit—pie cherry, red currant and passionfruit—blanket the palate infusing the long, dry finish and aftertaste. This is medium-plus bodied with excellent texture and plenty of pizzazz. Pour alongside spaghetti Bolognese, pasta puttanesca or red pizza. (Vic Harradine)

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Salvaterra Ripasso Classico Superiore 2016 
DOC Valpolicella Ripasso, Italy $15.95 14.5% alcohol
A 60% Corvina/25% Rondinella/10% Corvinone and 5% ‘others’ blend, it sports an interesting nose of herbal notes, mixed spice and cherry/berry fruit. It dishes up a sweet and tang via a fruit-forward river of juicy black currant and pie cherry adorned with piquant spice and hints of passionfruit on the warm, drying, delicious finish and aftertaste. Aerate/decant two hours then pour alongside home-grilled burgers or grilled gourmet sausages. (Vic Harradine)

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Provolo ‘Campotorbian’ Ripasso Superiore 2013
DOC Valpolicella Ripasso, Italy $19.95 14.0% alcohol
This value-packed blend of 60% Corvina/25% Rondinella/10% Corvinone/5% Oseleta offers delicate aromas of dark cherry and mixed field berry fruit intertwined with hints of tar and dark raisin. It bathes the palate with a creamy smooth, tang-laden wave of red and black cherry decorated with notions of blueberry and dates. It’s medium-plus bodied with good texture, deft balance plus a lingering, lip-smacking finish and aftertaste. Pour with a selection of aged hard cheese or lasagna. (Vic Harradine)

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Provolo ‘Tenuta Ca’Nove’ Ripasso Superiore 2016
DOC Valpolicella Ripasso, Italy $16.95 14.0% alcohol
You’ll be hard pressed to find better Ripasso at this price. This blend of 60% Corvina/20% Rondinella/20% Corvinone delivers a perfumed nose of floral notes, black licorice and dark berry fruit. This showcases a rich and layered, sweet-tinged stream of pie cherry and black bramble berry coating the palate decorated with wisps of dark bittersweet chocolate. It’s medium weight with good mouthfeel and a gorgeous lengthy, tangy finish of dark berry fruit and mocha along with wisps of piquant spice and mineral notes. Give this a go with meat-laden red pizza or beef fajitas. (Vic Harradine)

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Provolo ‘Tenuta Ca’Nove’ Amarone 2015
DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella, Italy $38.95 15.0% alcohol
This more traditional blend of three indigenous grapes—80% Corvina/15% Rondinella/5% Molinara—leaps from the glass with gorgeous aromas of dried currant, mocha and pipe tobacco. It envelops the palate with a rich, ripe, satin-smooth wash of deftly balanced, fruit-forward flavour with juicy black Bing cherry, black plum and briary berry to the fore along with ripe fig and raisiny notes. This is absolutely delicious from cork pop to last drop with the finish and aftertaste replaying delightful palate flavours. As Amarone prices go, this demands attention and strongly suggests a multiple purchase. (Vic Harradine)

• Fruit for the following 2016 Domaine Força Real ‘Schistes’ was hand-picked, fermented then matured eight months in stainless steel.

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Domaine Força Real ‘Schistes’ 2016
AOP Côtes du Roussillon Villages, France $15.95 14.5% alcohol
This organically certified red blend of 60% grenache/30% syrah/10% mourvèdre offers up fruity aromas of dark cherry and black currant interwoven with notions of mixed wild herbs plus spice and cassis. It’s medium-full bodied with good structure, generous texture and oodles of rich, ripe fruit throughout. This blankets the palate with lively, tangy fruit-filled flavour—red and black berry fruit, juicy black cherry, and a concentrated dollop of Ribena. There’s ripe, well-integrated tannin and dark cherry/berry fruit on the lengthy, delectable finish. Pour with grilled red meat or aged, hard cheese. (Vic Harradine)