Pietraia

Abruzzo is one of Italy's best-kept secrets, a land that tips from the snow line of the high Apennines down to the Adriatic in the space of a short drive. Warm days, cool mountain nights, wild and green. Pietraia is a small, organic-minded label that leans into all of it, working the region's two great native grapes.

There's Pecorino, the crisp, savoury white that was very nearly lost altogether a few decades ago and is now one of central Italy's most exciting revivals. And there's Montepulciano, the deep, dark, generous red that is Abruzzo's calling card. Both are made simply and honestly, with no gloss and no fuss.

These are wines for the table, not the trophy cabinet, fresh, characterful, and easy to keep coming back to. The kind of bottles that earn their place on a Tuesday night.