Winemaker Mike Frank is a refugee from Cameron Winery and he’s a part of the new crop of Orgeon winemakers exploring a leaner style, looking to the Loire (in this... read more →
This bottle is part of Hardy Wallace’s mourvèdre crusade, and here the boy strikes gold. It reminded me of the southern Rhône with a definite Californian personality. An evocative wine... read more →
When the vintage is stellar, we get the aforementioned cabernet franc, but in lesser years, Kim and Debra blend it with some gamay noir (which they believe is actually valdigue),... read more →
Roth is one of the Californians I have been following since he was at Martian a while back. This is his fourth vintage under his own label. And it’s terrific.... read more →
From the schist and quartz, deep sandy soils of Blewitt Springs comes chenin meant to be a pet’nat. But, the 2018 didn’t get so pet, in fact it’s almost a... read more →
Cara Sur is a project of four friends, from a vineyard planted in 1950 on alluvial soils, 1500 meters up in the Andes. They tend to work with grapes that... read more →
I tasted this at 12:30 on a Friday afternoon and had to stop myself from drinking a full glass. Born of Loire-lover Don Heistuman’s brain with Steve Edmunds winemaker skill.... read more →
Good luck finding any of Tegan Passalacqua’s wines, all in tiny production, and all extremely expressive. I first met Tegan years back at Abe Schoener’s Napa table and was impressed... read more →
In 2013, the Los Pilares was a foot-stomped glory. If you remember the previous vintage you’ll get the difference; in part it’s due to vintage, part to different fruit sourcing... read more →
We were at the end of the Le Clown evening when joined by Lulie, the caring “wine selector” of A.T. She had something she needed to show us. Japanese merlot,... read more →