Winemaker Mike Frank is a refugee from Cameron Winery and he’s a part of the new crop of Orgeon winemakers exploring a leaner style, looking to the Loire (in this... read more →
Alsace goes to Chile via André Ostertag who teamed up with some pals for this project. Soil is granitic (irrigated) in a sub region of the Casablanca valley. Vinified in... read more →
This is a rare wine with only 20 cases coming into the states. It’s as delicate as a spider’s web, and just as sturdy. More emotion than intellect.
Grown on brown limestone. Frick should get more recognition for his pinot noir and this vintage is particularly beautiful, with aspects I love: twig and ground ivy on top of... read more →
Exhausted at the Dive’s end, I stopped at Mathieu’s table, expecting nothing but fatigue. Wrong! One sip of this wine from north of Sancerre, and I woke right up to... read more →
I tasted this quite a few times back in the Loire this past February and then guzzled it down in New York in March. It never failed me. Puzelat just... 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 →
Talk about a wine growing on you. Over a period of four days, this really crawled into my bed. At first pop the fruit subdued nicely, impressed by the balance.... read more →
A basic from one of my favorite burgundy producers, this is made from the leftovers of barrels which makes it mainly a declassified Savigny. But there’s a little bit of... read more →
I was in Katell Pleven’s office and saw the bottle, grabbed it, and was surprised when I finally tasted it in my kitchen. It’s not often that pinot gets the... read more →