When the times get tough, friends help out. This has been the case with the De Moors of Chablis who have been hit hard in the past years. Just when... read more →
I crashed the LDM tasting held at L’Herbe Rouge and dived into the knock out line up from Gernot Kollman. Many of his vines are ungrafted, all the wines are... 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 →
Brewer Inoue Seikichi gives this a 65% polishing (so only 35% was buffed off), this nears the texture I love in sake: a tiny bit coarse. The brew is from... read more →
Here you go, a yowza example from the fiery 2017 vintage. It's a remarkable 10.5% wine, a thoroughly down-the-hatchable drink with a compelling backbone—low alcohol, yes, but there's still plenty... read more →
Teutonic is part of the emerging wine scene trying to go low alcohol and vin de soify. Charming riesling, fruit over mineral. At 9.3 abv, so light and lovely, it... 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 →
The equivalent to natural in the sake world is referred to as pure sake. Now that the European-based Yoigokochi Sake portfolio has found a U.S. distributor, we now have more... read more →
Given all the attention focused on their beautiful reds, the white wines of D&R are so often overlooked, which is kind of a tragedy. That’s why I’m grateful for Trevor... read more →
This is a beautiful wine in a difficult year. A nose of pear and grapefruit rolled in wet wool. Delicate and lovely, raised in tank. I found it was impossible... read more →