Patio Pounders

Easy-drinking summer wines.

You’ve identified a general taste running through a number of central/sourhern Italian whites. Here are some to try: Ciro Bianco form Calabria (Librandi), made from greco; Verdicchio di Castelli di Jesi/di Matelica (a number...

) and WINE. They have a good selection of inexpensive and moderatly priced Italian wines that are not common in other stores, e.g. Librandi Ciro, Bosco Montepulciano d’Abruzzo riserva, Cumero Rosso Cornero Riserva, etc. If...

You should check out www.chambersstwine.com; they have a link for wines under $10. From that selection I would take a chance on the Cadido Salice Salentino, Librandi Ciro Rosso (both Italian), Protocolo Tinto (Spanish) or the...

I would suggest roses...it’s time for roses! And there are lots of them that are inexpensive. Also, I really like the Librandi Ciro Rosso for a lighter summer red: it’s 100% Gaglioppo from Calabria. And, the Sella &...

Contini also makes a fine nieddra rosato, too. Thee are a number of Italian reds that fit that general style description—a Frappato from Sicily (try Valle d’Acate); a Ciro from Calabria, from Librandi; from Piedmont, a...

Second the vote for Moschofilero, and add another for Librandi's L’Efeso, a delicious white from Calabria made from the montonico (or mantonico) grape native to the Ionian coast around Ciro. Usually vinified as a...