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 white mashup of favorita, arneis, cortese, and sauvignon blanc. I could have sworn Alessandra told me the reason a muscat florality was there was because a little bit sneaked... read more →
The hills of Emilia are singing with excitement. And here I give you one winner from the 2016 Wine Without Walls Awards that I presided over at VinItaly. I love... read more →
This starts in stainless steel and then goes into foudres. “One of the best ways to bring wines back to reality,” Théo told me. From loess soil, the grapes are... read more →
Grown in a vineyard with extremely high density, of about 16,000 plants per acre grown on a combo soil of limestone and granite. Éric has given two disrespected grapes, auxerrois... read more →
What a brilliant little project from Christian Binner. He basically has a group of farmers who are starting to follow the natural and bottle their juice instead of selling their... read more →
A grape cocktail, pinot gris, noir, Grand Cru riesling, gewürztraminer, pinot auxerrois and muscat. This is a long time favorite. Spring in the bottle. Not kidding.
Alfredo Maestro continues to produce spectacular wines, like this. He is practicing organic and this bottling is from a parcel of vines near Peñafiel in Ribera del Duero. The albillo here... read more →
From the Vinos de Madrid appellation, and the quartet of monkeys who work there, comes an old vine albillo, a very disrespected Spanish grape making a strong comeback. The grapes... read more →
Vinos de Madrid is the nearest appellation to the city, about an hour drive out. Continental climate means ‘hot as hell’ in the summer, or even during harvest, as when... read more →