The Lost Wine Stories of Italy, Delivered Monthly

Why the best Italian wines aren’t on any tour — and how you can taste them without leaving home.

You wake to bells in a town with no traffic lights. A trattoria opens its wooden shutters. An old man nods, pours something red into a glass the size of your palm. It tastes like the earth beneath his boots. There is no label. There is no price. Only a smile.

This is where I take you.

Once a month, I send a letter from the quiet corners of Italy — places where wine is still made by hand, where grapes grow on land that remembers centuries, and where the only crowds are vines leaning in to listen.

These aren’t wines you’ll find in glossy guides. They don’t ship by the pallet or sparkle under restaurant spotlights. But they exist — barely — and they’re unforgettable.

The family who makes 300 bottles a year from a forgotten hillside.
The priest who blesses the vineyard every spring.
The trattoria that only takes cash... and only if Nonna’s cooking.

It’s all waiting. One story at a time.

Backroads of Italy is your invitation to taste what most travelers never will. A free letter from me, Tony Margiotta. No fluff. No spam. Just the scent of earth, oak, and slow Italian mornings.

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