If you’ve never heard of this grape you might be more familiar with its other name, brancellao. No matter what you call it, this is a grape known for great... read more →
Javier Garcia Alonso is involved with 4 Monos (a TFL favorite) and he has just taken over the task of redirecting this estate towards natural. So now Nacho (of La... read more →
Just when I thought all was lost for kosher wines, there was Camuna. The couple behind the wine, Eli and Molly, work for a kosher Californian winery, Covenant, and use... read more →
James Erskine is doing his Milan Nestarec imitation with a wine that looks brown but tastes in the pink of health. Here he blends chenin with muscat, all with some... 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 →
Loved this summery wine from Hank, wonderfully refreshing. The pale color comes from 2-3 hours of skin contact and time in the press. As to the flavor? Well it kind... read more →
This is for all lovers of muscadet, and if you subscribe, that means you. Lovely, it comes from the granitic soils of Cambados, where Alberto is about the only person... read more →
I’m on a non-spoof rosé mission and this is a good one to show. It’s one of the no-brainers, drink down, don’t think, just gulp. Easy. Summer. Go.
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 →
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 →