From 85-year-old vines grown at 1800 feet, the grapes ferment in open, old chestnut tini for 40 days. All in all the wine gets five years of aging. Three years... read more →
This is from a collection of very old vineyards with God-knows-what growing on decomposed basalt in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Often reduced, this vintage is coming around and shedding... read more →
Finally, we get to see what the wines from the volcanic island of Azores can look like if worked more naturally. Sustainable viticulture, some filtration but the winemaker Catia Laranjo... read more →
Headed up by siblings who studied winemaking at Geisenheim University, this winery is a classic in the making. While the wine might read a little conventional, ut when it’s hot... read more →
The website claims that this was an ancient recipe from their grand- grandfather—who made wine in what is now Bulgaria. Skin contact for eight days and during fermentation the pine... read more →
Welcome to my new summer white wine obsession. This is one of my most house-gifted white wines of 2023. With a touch of skin, raised for a short time in... read more →
From the Cyclades island of Tinos in the Aegean Sea comes this beauty of a bottle squeezed from old bush vines. Its maker, Jerome Charles Binda, a French graphic designer,... read more →
I can’t tell you too much about this wine except that my first guess was Georgian, although I was stumped by the grape. Turns out I was stumped because it’s... read more →
From just 45 minutes northwest of Lisbon, six miles from the Atlantic, this wine comes from the Torres Vedras DOC. It’s a blend of wines from a solera started in... read more →
This refresher gets a two month fermentation in stainless. It’s unusual with its touch of jasmine and pine forest—but no pine infusion here. Then there’s a long lingering mandarin and... read more →