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A light ruby Lambrusco frizzante from Emilia-Romagna, made as a Laithwaite's own-label. Gently sweet at 7.5%, with juicy cherry, raspberry and a sweetly spiced finish. Serve well chilled as an easy, fruity everyday red fizz.
A light Lambrusco frizzante built on juicy red fruit. Tom Cannavan logged chocolaty berries with a raspberry and pomegranate lift on the 2021, and the sweetness is real: roughly 83 grams of residual sugar per litre, carried at just 7.5 percent alcohol.
Red fruit leads, with cherry and raspberry over a faint floral note. Tom Cannavan caught chocolaty berries on the 2021, lifted by raspberry and pomegranate and edged with something herbal. Lightly aromatic rather than deep.
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ChocolateProperly sweet, not off-dry: wine-pages measured about 83 grams of residual sugar per litre, yet it stays easy because the alcohol is only 7.5 percent and a thread of acidity keeps the juicy cherry and dark-berry fruit from cloying. Soft, frothy bubbles, light body.
Short and sweet, closing on cherry and the sweetly spiced note the producer flags. Refreshing rather than long, which is the point of an everyday fizz.
An anytime, crowd-friendly red frizzante from Emilia-Romagna, sold as a Laithwaite's own-label. Vivino drinkers rate it 3.8 from 134 ratings and reach for it as a soft, fruity aperitif. Serve it well chilled; this is novelty-and-easy-drinking territory, not a wine to cellar.
L'Occhiolino is sold exclusively as a Laithwaite's own-label (and as Averys), sourced from Emilia-Romagna. The single live listing here sits at 8.99 pounds against a 12 pound recommended price, so watch for mixed-case deals.
Scored for what an easy, sweet, low-alcohol Lambrusco actually does well: casual drinking and crowd-friendly food, not the cellar or the formal dinner.
Chillable, low-alcohol and food-flexible, the casual everyday case is this wine's whole identity.
Sweet, soft, frothy and low in alcohol with no tannin to navigate: one of the easiest Italian reds for a newcomer.
At 8.99 pounds against a 12 pound recommended price, it is fair value for an easy branded Emilia-Romagna fizz.
A sweet, low-tannin fizz that shines with salty cured meats, Parmesan and chilli heat, but has little to offer a formal main course.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Emilia / dell'Emilia denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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This is an everyday frizzante made to a consistent house style rather than a vintage statement. Vivino lists releases from 2019 through 2024; drink the youngest you can find, well chilled, for the freshest fruit.
An everyday Emilia-Romagna frizzante bottled to a consistent house style rather than by vintage. There is no ageing case here: drink it young and well chilled for the brightest red fruit.
An everyday Emilia-Romagna frizzante bottled to a consistent house style rather than by vintage. There is no ageing case here: drink it young and well chilled for the brightest red fruit.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
L'Occhiolino is labelled Emilia Rosso IGT, whose current disciplinare includes both Emilia Rosso and Lambrusco rosso frizzante. It makes no named Lambrusco DOC claim, matching a light, gently sweet own-label wine at 7.5% ABV.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Emilia / dell'Emilia is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Emilia / dell'Emilia falls within Emilia Romagna , covering Emilia Romagna.
Laithwaites and Averys list L'Occhiolino as an exclusive own-label; the current £8.99 price sits below its £12 launch RRP, with direct retail and shared buying volume limiting producer margin.
The Emilia IGT disciplinare permits both Emilia Rosso and Lambrusco rosso frizzante, while L'Occhiolino makes no named Lambrusco DOC claim; that broader category supports its accessible £8.99 price.
L'Occhiolino's 7.5% ABV means a 750 ml bottle contains 0.056 litres of pure alcohol; HMRC's February 2026 rate of £26.61 per litre puts alcohol duty at about £1.50 before VAT.
Wine-pages records L'Occhiolino under cork with a wired sparkling-wine finish; pressure-rated glass and that closure add modest packaging cost versus a still own-label red.
A chilled, lightly sweet red fizz is an Emilia-Romagna table staple for a reason: its sugar and bubbles cut salty cured meats and tame chilli heat. Tom Cannavan paired it simply with a chunk of Parmesan.
This is the classic Emilia-Romagna match. The wine's residual sugar and frothy bubbles wrap around the salt and fat of cured pork, while the light 7.5 percent alcohol keeps the plate refreshing rather than heavy.
Try with: Gnocco fritto · cured meats · mortadella · prosciutto · More pairings →
Tom Cannavan paired it simply with a chunk of Parmesan. The sweet, fizzy red cuts through the salt-crystal richness of aged cheese and the gooey weight of a baked melanzane, refreshing the palate between bites.
Try with: Cheese board · Eggplant parmesan · Parmigiano Reggiano
Sweetness is the most reliable foil for chilli. The light sugar here softens the burn of a spicy salami pizza or an arrabbiata far better than a dry red, and the bubbles scrub the heat away.
Try with: Pizza Diavola · pasta arrabbiata · spicy salami · More pairings →
A thread of acidity sits alongside the fruit, so the wine meets the bright tang of tomato on a Margherita or a simple tomato pasta without clashing. An easy, everyday partner for a casual table.
Try with: Pizza Margherita · Pizza Marinara · tomato pasta · More pairings →
In its home region this fizz is poured with fried dough. The carbonation and juicy red fruit lift hot, oil-rich gnocco fritto and panzerotti, and the chill keeps the pairing light.
Try with: Gnocco fritto · Pizza Fritta · Panzerotti · More pairings →
This is a sweet, soft, low-tannin fizz, so it falls apart against food that wants structure. A tannic braise, a charred steak or bitter greens will make the sugar taste flat and the wine thin. Reach for a dry Sangiovese instead.
Skip with: grilled steak · tannic braises · dry aged cheese · bitter greens · Pairing guide →
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
An everyday non-vintage frizzante with no ageing structure; it is made to drink young, not to keep.
£8.99 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt comes from Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, the home of Lambrusco. It is sold as a Laithwaite's own-label (and under the Averys name), sourced from the region's Lambrusco heartland around Modena and Bologna.
Yes. It is a fully sweet, amabile-style red fizz: wine-pages measured around 83 grams of residual sugar per litre. The low 7.5 percent alcohol and a thread of acidity keep it easy to drink rather than cloying.
Lambrusco, the red grape family of Emilia-Romagna, here a blend of Lambrusco Sorbara and Lambrusco Salamino. It sits outside the stricter Lambrusco DOC and is labelled under the broad Emilia Rosso IGT, the regional indication, so it carries a geographic tier rather than a named appellation. The sibling rosato uses the same Sorbara and Salamino grapes.
Serve it well chilled, like a white or a Prosecco. Chilling tightens the sweetness and freshens the bubbles. It works in a flute or a tumbler and is an easy aperitif or picnic pour.
Salty cured meats and gnocco fritto are the regional classic, and the sweetness tames chilli on a spicy pizza. Tom Cannavan paired it with Parmesan. Avoid tannic, savoury or bone-dry dishes, which need a structured red instead.
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