A delightful wine from Christian Binner’s Pirouettes think tank (or perhaps I should call it a ‘drink tank’). The point of his project is to guide young, natural vignerons into... read more →
Who knew that Milan was a Woody Allen fan? This is a classic Nestarec acid trip. The juice ferments in 7-year-old 600-liter barrels for about 2 months, in contact with... read more →
Summerhill is an estate in Kelowna started by the charismatic Stephen Cipes, a New Yorker who fell in love with that part of British Columbia in 1986. Kind of a... read more →
This wine has been going back and forth to back and forth in its evolution. Right now it’s in an awesome spot, similar to when I fell for it at... read more →
Based in Mittelbergheim, north of Colmar, Pierre Rietsch’s riesling comes from the clay and limestone lieu dit, Stein. An extremely appealing dry, fleshy riesling with nice depth from almost two... read more →
These are the pioneers in the Mosel. They went biodynamic in 1979 and were the only ones working that way for a very, very long time. Then they upped the... read more →
Bravo Bloomers! Slaving there in the thankless but oh-so-promising Lake Seneca, showing the world that terroir prevails. A combination of whole bunches and crushed grapes. Vinified in steel tanks for... read more →
Have you noticed how hard it is to find a drinkable rosé that doesn’t feel cranked out on a copy machine? This one is an antidote, especially for what (these... read more →
Rebula is the Slovenian way of saying Ribolla Gialla. This one gets two weeks on the skin, and it’s raised in acacia wood for eight months before bottling. When I... read more →
A wine from the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It has a lovely hazy leonine color from its ten days of skin contact. The resin counterpoints the... read more →