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Denny Bini

Lambrusco dell'Emilia 'Festa' NV

$20.00

Lambrusco dell'Emilia 'Festa' NV

Denny Bini

Lambrusco dell'Emilia 'Festa' NV

$20.00

After too many years of industrially-produced mediocrity, Emilia is now home to a small but growing cell of artisanal producers who are farming carefully and returning to the metodo ancestrale (also know as Pet-Nat) of their great-grandfathers. Denny Bini is one of the humble heroes of this renaissance-revolution. Over the years, he has  slowly been changing his career from historic cellar master of well-known Lambrusco estate to someone with his own vineyards and cellar of mostly metodo ancestrale wines.

Lambrusco and conviviality go hand in hand, and Denny Bini’s red fizz has been a favorite of ours for so many get-togethers that we often informally call it festa, or party. This is a classic Emilian Lambrusco, with a more depth to the fruit, since Denny works so carefully in the vineyard: sweet-sour berries, with that classic Emilian bitter note on the finish. The label is an imagined festa of historical and mythical figures from Italian history. From right to left: Totò, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Magiofagiuoli, Fantozzi, Nonna Pasta, and an unidentified baby. )

- PortoVino