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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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Summer Wine Starter Pack

Michele Boscia

We fully agree with Mr. Asimov that the ColleStefano Verdicchio should be part of any aspiring wine lover's starter pack. It's a wine that has led many of us to the Marche and to Italy as a whole—a timeless and perennial white that keeps us coming back for more with every vintage.

It's a testament to the tremendous skill of winemaker Fabio Marchionni, who makes less than four thousand cases of this Verdicchio annually. The romance isn't the point, though; this wine is racy, vivid, and excellent with all kinds of seafood dishes, delivering incredible quality for the dollar.

It is fermented and matured entirely in stainless steel (no oak) and does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Use it like you might use a Sauvignon Blanc, because Verdicchio has some of the same herbal aroma and flavor as Sauvignon. It is a great aperitif, too, with olives and toasted almonds.

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