Basilicata is located between the toe (Calabria) and the heel (Puglia) of Italy's boot. This region has long suffered due to its remote and mountainous local. Living here has never been easy and between 1945 and 1955, 600,000 people left the region in pursuit of a better life in Italy's wealthier north and elsewhere.

The (Extreme) Barolo of the South
Twice the Wine at Half the Price?

If the wines of southern Italy have never quite enjoyed the so-called "polish" or "sophistication" of the north, when the force of these muscular wines is tamed, they are show stoppers - riveting bottles that flash powerful ripe fruit on tensile, sinewy frames.

It should also be said that the best wines of the south happen to be ridiculous values. since the producers don't have the aristocratic legacy that many of northerners benefit from. (and dare we save even sometimes use as a crutch)