Yuki Nakano makes wine in Japan and in New Zealand, where he works with Kindeli as well as on his own operation, Kunoh. He leases, farms and supplements with grapes... read more →
Three years back I tried to enter this into a sparkling wine festival. It was rejected because supposedly the attendees wouldn’t be able to accept the sludge in the bottle.... read more →
Old school alert on Sardinia. Raised in old chestnut casks under flor, this is more super-juicy sherry without the fortification. Intense salty deliciousness, fierce and I can think of all... read more →
A new producer for me, though old to working naturally. They have never used herbicides and claim to be the producer who has worked Col Fondo style (not disgorged, so... read more →
From the clay and limestone of Corsica’s Patrimonio AOP comes a pretty spectacular vermentino. The domaine has been biodynamic for a decade, and this wine has everything I want from... 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 →
Knocked back with a TFL reader Andrew, at Kefana, the Serbian resto on Avenue C. $58 on the menu and well worth it. Loved the gentle muted, sugarless honey and... read more →
Natalino makes five different Verdicchio labels, none of which see wood. This texture here is full and oily, consider that it went though partial malolactic but also spent a whole... read more →
Old world alert! Jacqueline André sidesteps the trend towards 100% grenache, embraces concrete and thus manages finesse and elegance, even with 14.5% abv. Cellar the powerful 2010s and 2011s—they’ll be... read more →
I recently visited Paolo and we’ll talk about the Kars in an upcoming issue. But when we were in his marani (he vinifies completely in qvevri), he mentioned that his... read more →