You’ll see the price on this wine ranging anywhere between $12 and $17 on the shelf. You’ll have to forgive the range and just buy it. A gentle sauvignon, on... read more →
I sampled this in the States, in Slovenia and in France, and I did a double-take every time. The blend is pretty exciting. The fruit is co-fermented with 8 to... read more →
Organic since 1996. With five days of skin contact, this qualifies as an orange wine, but this one is super gentle and beautiful. Eye-catching melon with complex exotic citrus fruit... read more →
Poor Dario didn’t want to make something that could be considered less serious than his other wines, but he did it anyway. Lucky for us. The rosso and bianco are... read more →
I visited Sepp’s Southern Austrian vines five years back. They’re lush and vibrant. On that afternoon, I was a happy little girl in the mountains, instead of a morose one... read more →
Étienne Courtois shares the Quartz vineyard with his father Claude. Their vines are mostly older, own-rooted, protected from phyloxera by the area’s ultra-sandy soils. This is an exuberant, elegant drink.... read more →
My TFLWS is going to love me and hate me for this polarizing wine. First, a sauvignon blanc from the hot hills outside of Madrid? How non-traditional! Well, the vines... read more →
Want to flip people out? Give a sancerre lover this and tell them it’s the same grape. This is a big load of love from a sensitive winemaker in South... read more →
A crazy blend of red and white grapes with floral, bacon and tannin, savory and sandy from one of my favorite producers in Emilia-Romagna.
Claude and his son Etienne work in a part of the Loire full of forest. Here is a different expression of sauvignon blanc than the Quartz (to the right). From... read more →