How We Scored Roscioli Wine Club
| Wine Quality | 9.9 / 10 |
| Value for Money | 8.8 / 10 |
| Flexibility | 8.0 / 10 |
| Customer Service | 9.7 / 10 |
| Overall Score | 9.6 / 10 |
✅ Pros
- Extraordinary wine quality
- Bottles rarely found outside Italy
- Detailed producer notes with every shipment
- Direct from historic Roman wine cellar
❌ Cons
- Expensive shipping
- Limited to Italian wine
- Bi-monthly cadence may not suit all
The first Roscioli shipment I received contained a bottle from a producer in Basilicata whose grape variety — Aglianico del Vulture — I’d only read about in books. The accompanying letter explained the producer’s history, the volcanic soils, and why this specific vintage mattered. I opened it with dinner, expected to be educated, and ended up genuinely moved by the wine.
Roscioli is an alimentari and wine bar on Via dei Giubbonari in Rome, at the center of serious Italian food and wine culture for decades. The cellar is a working collection assembled over fifty years, focused on Italian producers the Roscioli family know personally.
The Wine: What You Actually Get
Level 1 shipments feature wines ready to drink now. A recent shipment included a Vermentino from Sardinia with a saline, sea-spray quality — a Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo rosé that was better than any rosé I’ve opened this year — and a Montepulciano that drank with the kind of easy generosity that only comes from excellent fruit well handled.
Level 2 wines benefit from two to five years of further cellaring. They’re less immediately giving but more intellectually interesting. If you have storage and a longer time horizon, Level 2 is where the most compelling bottles live.
The Logistics
Shipping from Rome adds to the total cost. Starting at around €85 per shipment before shipping — this is not a value club. If cost per bottle is your primary metric, look at Naked Wines or Firstleaf. Roscioli is for the drinker who wants the best available Italian wine curation.
Verdict
Score: 9.6 / 10 — the highest on this site. The curation is genuinely expert, built on decades of direct producer relationships. If you drink wine seriously and want to understand Italy the way Romans do, this is the only subscription that delivers it.
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