This year I decided to make my own kosher wine for Passover, and all I needed was a felt-tipped pen. For some reason I just don’t drink enough Tissot and... read more →
On one of those nights when we went through three other bottles dismissing them as too young, too whatever, too carbo, too method – this one shined. In a flash... read more →
Years ago, I was introduced to Michel Gahier’s fabulous wines at lunch in Arbois with Pierre Overnoy. Seeing it on the list he grabbed a savagnin and claimed Gahier one... read more →
Trollinger—known as schiava and vernatsch in Italy—is a nifty grape that drinks easy as well as serious. This liter is just the right size, any less would leave us wanting.... read more →
2015 is a delightful vintage in trollinger land. This could be a light, fresh throwaway, but I found it deceptively complex. Gulpable? Sure. But beneath its unassuming exterior is a... read more →
Yes, there are red wines in Vinho Verde. Here we have a nifty 100% varietal from the Baseira vineyard and produced by a man I’ve not met, Antonio Ribeiro Pereira.... read more →
This is a project from Roberto Santana, a Tenerife native and extremely talented wine maker who teamed up with like-minded friends to find some wild vines with something to say.... read more →
$45 for a Greek white wine? If you want a white that’s going to be brilliant, sing loudly with acid, get your biggest wine geek friend to actually say, wazzat?... read more →
Almost syrah-like, with bayleaf and garrique. Aged for 16 months in concrete. Absolutely on the savory side rather than the fruit side and begs for all things thrown on the... read more →
From ungrafted vine from the Ionian islands, off the west coast of Greece, we get a white wine on the tannic side, which will totally charm the pants off of... read more →