This is one of Nick Africano’s special bottlings, and special it is! It’s drawn from three botas of 30-year-old manzanilla from the Bodegas de Rio in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Then... read more →
Macarena and Thomas get this own-rooted país in the Itata Valley’s granitic soils. The grapes are de-stemmed and spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with two months and two weeks on... read more →
Even though Hank gets these grapes from a vineyard that does one Roundup treatment a year, this petit manseng always has something to say—a true lesson in what this grape... read more →
You know the second fruit growth from the vines? The ones that sprout late and most people just leave for the birds? Well, they get picked for this cuvée. There’s... read more →
Bruno Carciofi’s work at de La Pinte gets better and better—stay tuned for the brilliant 2011s. But meanwhile, this old fashioned, traditional red blend of Jura is ethereal, with a... read more →
Fabio makes this attention-getting lowish acid wine from old-vine malvar culled from the slopes around Madrid. The color is rosé, the spirit is orange. Low in acid which makes this... read more →
Raised and fermented in cement, there’s a good percentage of whole cluster in the pressed juice. This adds plenty of crunch and spice as well as carbonic-like fruit and charm... read more →
In Burgundy last month working on a story, I visited Pierre Fenals and mea culpa, how had I not known? I arrived at his domaine, expecting nothing and ended up... read more →
Okay. Hans Peter Schmidt, the vigneron here, is a bit intense, a little single-minded but that’s what we love. The first time I met him I was entranced, thinking I... read more →
On the clay-limestone soils of Mittelbergheim. It sees 21 days of whole cluster and elevage in foudres for a half-year. This was spicy, appealing in the floral way of pinot... read more →