Autumn Wines

The days grow shorter, the dinners grow longer. It's the season for reds that warm you up, whites with a little more body and those orange wines that smell of grape skins and forest floor. Here we've gathered the wines we most love to open between October and December, chosen for you from the small producers we work with.

Reds of the season

These are the wines of the first evenings by the fire, of the ragù that has been simmering since morning, of the bottle opened an hour early because nobody's in a hurry anyway. They smell of ripe fruit, spice and damp earth, and come from vineyards stretching from the hills of Piedmont to the heart of Sardinia. They move at autumn's slow pace: they open up gradually in the glass, and every sip calls for another bite.

Barrel-aged whites

Some whites stay in the background all summer, waiting for their moment. Time in wood has made them soft and rounded, with notes of yellow fruit, honey and a hint of vanilla. They're the ones to pour when a pumpkin risotto or a roast chicken reaches the table – and you realise a white can warm you up too.

Three orange wines not to miss

They have the colour of late-October leaves, and that's no coincidence. Camurria, Liù and Nuje are white wines left on their skins for a long time: the result is amber, deep, slightly wild wines that surprise first-timers and win over those who already know them. Lovely with soups, chestnuts and spiced dishes. There are very few bottles: once they're gone, they're gone.

To end the evening

When the plates are empty and nobody feels like getting up, it's time for one last small glass. A passito to sip with roasted chestnuts or dry biscuits, a barrique-aged grappa, smooth and warm, to cradle in your hands while it rains outside. That's how the best autumn dinners end.