Wine Searcher is a web search engine dedicated to wine founded in London where customers can find more than 43,000 online stores selling wine. With information drawn from its database, the website has come up with a list of the most expensive Italian wines.
As expected, the first 12 include the most famous Italian winemakers and producers, such as Marchesi Frescobaldi (Ornellaia), Bruno Giacosa, Giuseppe Quintarelli, Giacomo Conterno, Biondi Santi, Romano Dal Forno, Gianfranco Soldera, Giuseppe Mascarello and Angelo Gaja.
However, there is also a surprise: a little known wine artisan, Enzo Pontoni, who produces the red Refosco in the eastern hills of Friuli, near Udine. A bottle of his wine costs an average of 446 dollars. Pontoni works on a small patch of land, produces less than 10,000 bottles a year, pays extreme care to his vineyards, has no website and no tasting room. He spends more time on his tractor than in his office and to wine lovers he is the ultimate artisan winemaker.
Here is the top 12 list:
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Wine Name |
Average Price (USD) |
Maximum Price (USD) |
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1 |
975 |
6,863 |
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2 |
917 |
2,433 |
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3 |
Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG, Veneto, Italy |
810 |
1,999 |
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4 |
681 |
3,531 |
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5 |
Falletto di Bruno Giacosa ‘Falletto’ Riserva, Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy |
651 |
1,219 |
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6 |
607 |
2,905 |
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7 |
Biondi Santi Tenuta il Greppo Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy |
538 |
49,239 |
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8 |
489 |
1,149 |
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9 |
Giuseppe Quintarelli Bandito Amabile del Cere Passito Veneto IGT, Italy |
476 |
561 |
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10 |
Romano dal Forno Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta, Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG, Italy |
463 |
807 |
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11 |
Miani Calvari Refosco Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
457 |
684 |
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12 |
Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG, Tuscany, Italy |
425 |
1,750 |
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