A very nice entry from a winery that does little wrong. Do carry on the arneis exploration to see if it’s worth the bottle it’s plunked in. Tongue tantalizing. Textural... read more →
Ischia, the volcanic island in the middle of the Bay of Naples, is now more famous for the beach scenes in Elena Ferrante’s novels than for wine. For good reason.... read more →
Francesco’s father Luigi brought the estate to biodynamics in 1965. The first in Italy. At one time, his hills were all vines but to enter into biodynamics, they needed biodiversity.... read more →
Yes, this is another “let’s recover the old vine” story and glad that Diego Losada told it. He makes some very, very pretty mencia (with some doña blanca and palomino)... read more →
The estate is a half-century old and is situated in the Jurassic, a bit southwest of Rotalier, home of some pretty important winemaking action. Michael Mazier took over from his... read more →
Vince Marie is out of the biodynamic and slightly crazy (in a good way) school of Patrick Meyer and Gerard Schueller, Alsace campus. Which means this is not a man... read more →
This domaine continues to come into its own as Pablo and his brother do less in the cellar and give more love to their land. Here, the vines are over... read more →
A brilliant, stunning chenin blanc from Béatrice & Pascal Lambert’s clay and limestone soils. This fleshy but sparky wine goes through malolactic fermentation, unusual in that terroir. As a result,... read more →
Really caught my eye, mostly because of the pure balance of this; the grapes just seemed to sing with one another, and then there was a depth that just made... read more →
I haven’t had one of Doug Tunnell’s wines in a long time, my bad. He was pretty much the first in Oregon to champion the grape and he had the... read more →