This made it in last year, too; it’s a beauty, especially for the price. It is full- bodied, full of earthy, herbal licorice, it’s firm and a touch of faint... read more →
You don’t need me to tell you about B. Mascarello, but just in case you always just look at the Barolo, don’t forget this entry. Fragrant, concentrated, balanced. It’s a... read more →
A 25-year-old vineyard. The wine is raised one year in glass demi-johns and/or porcelain egg-like contraptions of his own design. The wine has an iron vibrant, edgy—make that very edgy.... read more →
Sterling Whitted is Holden and has been since the 2011 vintage. I met him at the fabulous meet-and-greet in Oregon back in June and have to say I’m pretty impressed... read more →
Monferrato in the Piemonte region has many varied terroirs and one of them is Gamalero, an hour and twenty minutes south of Malpensa. The soils are sandy and silty. There... read more →
I had his Barolo once and loved it—but that was years ago in Italy. The wines have not been to the United States until now, but Giulio Viglione has decided... read more →
Oh little dolcetto you sweetie! From the hilly Roero region. Earthy and full of fruit right beneath the surface, it is what you want for an everyday wine and yet... read more →
A native of Catalunya, Mario Rovira started to make wine to its northwest in Bierzo in 2011. This is his second vintage and we’ll be watching him. Want to practice... read more →
Yes, this is another “let’s recover the old vine” story and glad that Diego Losada told it. He makes some very, very pretty mencia (with some doña blanca and palomino)... read more →
Bierzo is bordered by Galicia and Castilla y León, and when you drive through you can be witness to abandoned gold mines, some of them are said to go back... read more →