Calling these bottlings weeknight wines belies the pedigree, power and panache behind Poggio Anima.  Poggio Anima is a collection of seven wines representing four regions typifying the cultural heartbeat of each area.  Poggio Anima, translated as ‘Hill of Soul,’ personifies the individual vineyards cultivated for each bottle.  Many wines have vitality and a soul though few exemplify this trait, especially priced for weekday consumption.

Poggio Anima is a joint venture between one of Tuscany’s rising stars, Riccardo Campinoti of Le Ragnaie in Montalcino and New Jersey-based importer Ronnie Sanders of Vine Street Imports.  The idea is straightforward: to source great vineyards from existing relationships and produce a real wine that conveys a place and a grape.  These wines are not bulk wines, nor leftover juice from a winery, but long-term contracts that have signed with reputable growers.