Donkey & Goat is grown in California and made in Oakland. The 2022s are worth your while, but this one stands out as one of my top picks from Tracey's... read more →
I loved discovering this producer. This honey-scented wine has an old- fashioned church spicy thing going on. It’s got a little fizz from the trapped CO2, a touch of nutty... read more →
Cerasuolo sounds like a grape but it’s really a style that became a DOC in 2010. The difference from regular Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is the reduced skin contact so the wine... read more →
Lovers of Valentini and Emidio Pepe listen up: here’s another contender for brilliant traditional wines from Abruzzo. Vinified and partially raised in stainless then plunked in Slavonian and French oak.... read more →
When tasted from a magnum, this wine was a full package of goodies: vibrancy, tannin, and fruit, and just what the doctor ordered for a medium- bodied wine of elegance.... read more →
When I see organic wine on a label I usually cringe, fearing the dumbed- down effect. But this is the real deal, in a modern and fresh way. Started in... read more →
More good stuff slowly comes out of Abruzzo. This one I was able to taste recently in Rome at that V.A.N (Vignaioli Artigiani Naturali) tasting. From grapes planted in 1968,... read more →
The estate is about 12 miles west of the Adriatic and about a three hour drive west of Rome. Got it? The wine has its short, five day maceration with... read more →
A newish wine from an oldish place. Fermented in steel and aged in concrete. There’s fruit under the tightly plaited exterior with plenty of interest, mineral dust and somewhere there,... read more →
The wine tastes a little conventional and I suspect there are controls in the winery. But our friend Eric Texier tells me he’s brilliant in the vineyard and my palate... read more →