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5218 Lawton Avenue
Oakland, CA 94114

510-654-9159

Oliver McCrum Wines has been importing small production Italian wine and distributing to fine retail and restaurant establishes throughout California since 1994. Over time, our portfolio of producers has steadily grown to over 45 producers from 15 different regions of Italy. We look for typical Italian wines with clarity and freshness, usually made from indigenous Italian grape varieties using clean, transparent winemaking techniques and no obvious use of oak. 

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Sirene Amarulivo Arrives

Michele Boscia

New product alert from Sirene! We're excited to announce the arrival of Amarulivo, a new Vino Amaro from renowned herbalist Elisa Carta. This time she’s chosen local Lake Garda olive trees as her inspiration and uses the leaves as the primary bittering agent. The name ‘Amarulivo’ comes from a combination of the words Amaro and Ulivo - bitter and olive - and as the category name implies, it’s wine-based, so friendly for all license types.

Supporting botanicals include lemon verbena, bay laurel, rosemary, lemon peel, orange peel and pine needles (along with many more). As with all Sirene products it is perfumey with good freshness, and balanced between bitter and sweet. The finish is long and where we see the citrus and herbaceous notes showing up. As a Vino Amaro it can stand alone as a digestivo but it is also spicing up our white Negroni game!

This is also the first time a Sirene product contains infusions made from plants Elisa grows herself at her new property near the lake. We’re excited for this development and looking forward to the future when she is able to expand her herb production!

Amarulivo just landed and is ready to impress in California!