I love this dry-farmed Mendocino vineyard, and so do Tracey and Jared. This is their first effort from it. At first I gave it a not bad, which sounds like... read more →
Jean Louis Pinto is a négoce and for me, his wines have been a little uneven. Yet, upon first taste of his Brutal, I was pleasantly surprised. This fruit comes... read more →
If only I was this much of an overachiever. This wine drinks well immediately upon opening and yet gets better over the next few days. While delicious and easy drinking,... read more →
The Roussillon is rising. May I offer you one of the hits of the lovely Vivent de Vins Libres event. A head-turner of elegance from schist and marl. Destemmed. Perfumed.... read more →
Joe Jefferies says that the only things that interest him are bicycles and making wine. The latter shows in every bottle of his I’ve had. (The bicycles, that’s another story.)... read more →
There’s a lot here. Lots of fruit. Lots of sun. Lots of power. But the iron and mint are just the right notes to temper the bold flavors.
When I was falling for wine I was a sucker for old world grenache. In the past decade getting that flavor and spicy, bloody aromas were so very difficult, even... read more →
Brothers Benoit and Sébastien Danjou-Banessy make this from sixty-year-old vines, working with low extraction and then aging it for two years in old oak. Upon opening, the wine showed subtle... read more →
Transplanted Burgundian Louis-Antoine has been part of Chile’s CPR and there are now signs of life. This wine is from 70-year-old vines in Truquilemu in Maule and those grapes are... read more →
I’ve been enjoying these wines for a while, tasting them in whatever country I could find them, and now they are in the United States. In Spanish they call vines... read more →