The white chinuri grapes come from the family’s home vineyard and the red tavkveri from a neighbor's in Kartli. The tavkveri is destemmed and pressed. Seven days into fermentation, in... read more →
Dato used to sell his grapes to all the right people, then he decided to get into the game himself. This is his rosé, though technically it could be called... read more →
Well if I were part of the Dato team, I’d call this the rosé and the rosé amber but no one asked me. Chkhaveri is a gris grape and the... read more →
A project from six friends, established winemakers—some previously reviewed here. For the record they are: Stefano Amerighi, Francesco de Franco ('A Vita), Nino Barracco (Barracco), Corrado Dottori (La Distesa), Giovanni... read more →
What a gorgeous pet’nat this is. It’s a blend of red (60% tavkveri) and white grapes (40% chinuri), so who knows why it’s called a tavkveri, but who cares. Born... read more →
Situated in Rablay-sur-Layon, Geneviève Delatte and Nicolas Bertin started out with their own small vineyard, a 1.5 ha lieu-dit named "L’Echalier" That was in 2008 and over time, they have... read more →
This wine comes from a crazy, high altitude vineyard of vines that look like little trees. The grapes were destemmed then cofermented for 5 days in wood vats and then... read more →
At the helm of La Dive Bouteille, Sylvie is also a writer, journalist and vigneronne. Her vines are old—this bottling comes from gnarled chenin that’s over 100 years old. Simple... read more →
Piero Macciocca’s wines are not about pleasing people but about being true to the land. The grape comes from its DOCG area of Piglio, about two hours south of Rome.... read more →
Piero Macciocca’s wines are not about pleasing people but about being true to the land and vintage. This DOCG is the “entry” level of his single vineyard cesaneses, but there’s... read more →