Every once in a while someone will ask me to taste their wine and low and behold, I’m starstruck. Coup de couer. The grapes come from a single goblet vineyard... read more →
Jean Marie Rimbert’s Oscar wins again this year. Even more satisfying than in the past with some ink, tar and bandaid.
At first I admit, I wasn’t sure, but the longer this was open the more it grew on me, the next day and then the next. When a wine sings... read more →
This is the second wine I’ve written about from Pierre Michelland, and just in time for rosé season. This one gets the cement treatment which turns into my kind of... read more →
Mike Roth has left Martian Ranch and that’s a good thing, because now he can develop into the vigneron he was meant to become. While he’s waiting for his vines... read more →
Especially when you see this for $12, buy a pallet of this one. I’m not kidding. These days it’s so hard to get a deal like this; with a good... read more →
Camille Rivière watched as I tasted Jean-François Coutelou’s wines at my kitchen table. Jeff used to be her wine teacher back when she was being a pain in the ass... 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.
I’m a big fan of La Ferme and have been frustrated that all the cuvées have not been imported into the States. This one is utterly fun. Destemmed, 10 day... read more →
Old world alert! Jacqueline André sidesteps the trend towards 100% grenache, embraces concrete and thus manages finesse and elegance, even with 14.5% abv. Cellar the powerful 2010s and 2011s—they’ll be... read more →