Wines
Our Wine Book
Although we operate from dawn 'til dusk and beyond, when the sun does set, we have gone to great lengths to discover a selection of fantastic wines, and bring them to our customers at an unparalleled value. Our Five PM portfolio is continually expanding, representing some of the finest wine producers in the world. We aim to inspire and support the food service industry, one customer-partner, one cup, one glass, and one venue at a time.
Our Producers
Italy
NVerona, Italy · Importer
Nicola Biscardo Selections
Family-owned estates across Italy, self-imported from Verona since 1987. Independent vintners who pooled their forces — not an intermediary, a bridge from the vineyard. Semplicità, Sostenibilità, Sapere.
CAlto Adige, Italy
Castelfeder
Mont Mes Pinot Grigio, Cuvée Bianco, Cuvée Rosso and Pinot Nero.
NAbruzzo, Italy
Nevio
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC. Estate grown and bottled between Vasto and Crecchio, old vines of at least 30 years. Winemaker Donato Ramunno.
APiemonte, Italy
Alessandro Rivetto
Barolo di Serralunga, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Langhe Rosso. Azienda Agricola Alessandro Rivetto — a love story with wine begun by his grandfather Ercole.
FPiemonte, Italy
Franco Conterno
Barolo DOCG Pietrin. 91 points, Wine Enthusiast.
CPiemonte, Italy
Carlin de Paolo
Casalcomignoli Moscato d'Asti and Casalcomignoli Barbera d'Asti. Four generations at Gorzano, San Damiano d'Asti — 50 hectares on the Colline Alfieri where Monferrato, Roero and the Langhe meet. Founded 1946 and named for Paolo and his son Carlo.
FPiemonte, Italy
Fontanassa
Gavi DOCG “Cà Adua” and Gavi del Comune di Gavi. A 16th-century fortified farmhouse at Rovereto di Gavi, Gemme family since 1921.
MSicilia, Italy
Marino Abate
Organic Nero d'Avola “Lapa” and Grillo “Ariddu”. Vincenzo, Rossella and Nicola farm 16 hectares across five micro-terroirs between Marsala and Mazara — about 15,000 bottles a year.
LToscana, Italy
La Bollina
Erastos and Eklektós — Baby and Super Tuscan Cabernet, made at Corte Medicea. 98 and 99 points, Luca Maroni. The estate itself runs to 120 hectares of vineyard and chestnut wood at Serravalle Scrivia, once home to the Figari family of Genoa.
PToscana, Italy
Poggio del Moro
Toscana Rosso. 94 points, James Suckling. Tatiana, owner and winemaker — made by hand and refined with heart.
FToscana, Italy
Fattoria Montepescini
Chianti Colli Senesi and Riserva, Donna Maria Rosso, Vermentino and Alice Rosato. The Governi family at Murlo — grandfather arrived in 1950 as a sharecropper, bought the land in 1956 and planted around the ruins of Castelvecchio. Organic, inside the Basso Merse Nature Reserve between the Merse and the Ombrone.
BVeneto, Italy
Bottega
Liquid Metals Venetian Gold Prosecco and Platinum Moscato, Rose Brut, Petalo Amore, Il Vino dei Poeti, Oro and Lemon Spritz. Three generations at Villa Rosina, Bibano di Godega, in an 18th-century farmhouse ringed by organic Prosecco DOC vineyards.
CVeneto, Italy
Ca’ Vendri
Amarone della Valpolicella, Ripasso and Passione Assoluta. 93 points.
ZVeneto, Italy
Zýmë
Harlequin Rosso, Kairos, Oseleta, Amarone Classico and Riserva “La Mattonara”, Amandorlato, From Black to White, Valpolicella Reverie and Classico Superiore, Tranaltri Passito, Veneto Rosso Syrah, 60/20/20 Cabernet. Extremely limited — ask your rep. Celestino Gaspari’s cellar is built inside a 15th-century sandstone quarry at San Pietro in Cariano.
BFriuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Bastianich
Calabrone Rosso and Vespa Bianco. The Bastianich family planted at Cividale del Friuli in 1997; vineyards on the ponca marl of the Colli Orientali.
CFriuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Castellargo
Sassi Pinot Grigio. Founded 1978 at Treppo Grande by Argo Atal Castellarin; 250 hectares across Collio, Colli Orientali and Friuli Grave.
MVeneto, Italy
Millenio
Prosecco DOC from Treviso, in 750ml and 187ml.
France
CBordeaux, France
Château Peynaud-Bagnac
Bordeaux red blend. Black cherry and mulberry with chocolate, toffee and walnut; creamy tannins, plush and supple. 91 points, James Suckling.
JLanguedoc-Roussillon, France
Jean-Claude Mas
Côté Mas from the Languedoc. Jean-Claude Mas built Domaines Paul Mas from his father’s 35 hectares into seventeen estates across Languedoc and Roussillon — 21 appellations, 45 grape varieties, half the production white. He calls it rural luxury.
BLanguedoc-Roussillon, France
Badet Clément (Fleuraison)
Fleuraison Blanc de Blancs and Brut Rosé. Catherine Delaunay, who also makes Les Jamelles and Oraison. Grape Juice Group.
Germany
CPfalz, Germany
Chiara
Pinot Noir from the Pfalz — a region known for Riesling, now a hidden gem for Pinot. 93 Luca Maroni. Grape Juice Group.
TNahe, Germany
Weingut Tesch
Riesling Unplugged — bone dry, no additives, named after the MTV sessions as a protest against over-teched, sweetened Riesling. Johannes and Martin Tesch, tenth and eleventh generation at Langenlonsheim since 1723. 92 points, Suckling.
Portugal
PDão, Portugal
Pedra Cancela
Dão reds and whites from native varieties. The Gouveia family's vineyard on the slopes above the Dão — 75 hectares between Viseu, Nelas and Mangualde, 19 of them over 50 years old. João Paulo Gouveia finished his enology degree in 1999 and the family stopped delivering fruit to the co-op to bottle under their own name. Winemaker Sónia Martins.
BSetúbal, Portugal
Bacalhôa Aliança
Vinho Verde with citrus and light effervescence. Bacalhôa Vinhos de Portugal — 935 hectares across seven Portuguese wine regions and 33 grape varieties, based at Azeitão.
Spain
BAragón, Spain
Bodegas Care
Garnacha Nativa, Nativa Bianca, Solidarity Rosé, Blanco and Tinto Sobre Lías. Winemaker Nacho Lázaro, four estates in Cariñena. Labels by the artist Enrique Torrijos.
PRibera del Duero, Spain
Portia
Ribera del Duero from Familia Martínez Zabala. The Foster & Partners winery at Gumiel de Izán — a three-pointed star built into the hillside so gravity moves the fruit. 160 hectares in the Golden Triangle at 850 metres.
New Zealand
BMarlborough, New Zealand
The Better Half
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. George Elworthy — winemaker, part-time pilot and Jules Taylor’s husband, who named the label after their friendly rivalry. 90 points, Best Buy.
JMarlborough, New Zealand
Jules Taylor
Sauvignon Blanc. 95 points, Sam Kim. Born in Marlborough the year the first vines went in; founded her own label in 2001 with 200 cases. NZ Winemaker of the Year 2021.
United States
SCalifornia, USA
Silver Creek
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best of Class at the Los Angeles International and gold at both the Orange County competition and the California State Fair. Five generations of Cribaris, first planted 1902.
MLodi, USA
Mettler Family Vineyards
Petite Sirah, Epicenter Zinfandel, Cabernet and Copacetic. Farming Lodi since 1899, six generations, estate grown and sustainably farmed.
FCarneros, USA
Fleur de California
Carneros Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Vermentino. Francis and Kathy Mahoney planted here in 1972, before anyone called Carneros a fine wine region, and ran a twelve-year Pinot clonal study with UC Davis. Certified sustainable and fish-friendly.
PNapa Valley, USA
Navigator Wine Collection
Navigator, The Introvert and Technique. Napa Valley producer working Chiles Valley and North Coast fruit.
NNapa Valley, USA
Navigator
Cabernet Sauvignon 93 points, plus Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot, Chardonnay, Rosé and Sparkling Brut.
BNapa Valley, USA
Bougetz Cellars
Two lines: the Bougetz estate Cabernets — Amaryllis, Eminence, Ardante, Prominence, Jetrois — and Parched, a Napa Valley Bordeaux blend. Founded by Tom and Joan Bougetz, leasing blocks on Spring Mountain, Mount Veeder, Coombsville and Rutherford.
PRussian River, USA
Pellegrini
Russian River Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Olivet Lane — 60 acres planted in 1975 to heirloom Martini Pinot and Wente Chardonnay, named for the olive trees along the entrance. Four generations. Top 15 under $50, Bloomberg.
BSonoma, USA
Bacchus
Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir “Ginger’s Cuvée”. Created by David Gordon, the sommelier behind the Grand Award wine list at Tribeca Grill — Drew Nieporent and Robert De Niro’s restaurant. Certified sustainable.
CWillamette Valley, USA
Cherry Hill
100% Pommard clone Pinot Noir. Boutique producer in the Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley. 92 points.
OWillamette Valley, USA
Oregon Grove
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir — raspberry and plum, baking spice, cherry and blueberry, with a distinct minerality. Cherry Hill’s second label.
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