Winemaker Mike Frank is a refugee from Cameron Winery and he’s a part of the new crop of Orgeon winemakers exploring a leaner style, looking to the Loire (in this... read more →
Tasted at La Dive, and quickly realized these vintage dated ciders were going to give some serious competition to the cider king of Normandy, Eric Bordelet. The Poiré 2012 was... read more →
Fabio Bartolomei is an ex-patriot Scott who is Italian, who moved to Spain and is a nut who is a little mad genius of a hybrid. He’s happy at an... read more →
Giorgio DeMaria (see Issue #6 and this month’s Where to Eat and Drink) shared this with me, but that bottle was from the 1973 vintage. It was a transfixing vision... read more →
This lushly structured charmer has taken over the wine lists of New York City it seems. I sat at the bar at Contra (with The Skinny Food Writer) and we... read more →
Solidarity! Drink Olivier Cousin this month. If you’ve not heard, the vigneron has been hauled to court for defying the AOC. You see, he makes wine outside of the appellation,... read more →
Denis Bogoevi Maruši pays homage to the Alex Podolinksy form of biodynamics and this wine, from dolomite limestone, directly seaside on ultra steep grades, is an attention-getter. A big boy... read more →
El Diablo does it again, this time Jose Pastor brought treasures back from that island riddled with retirees, Mallorca. From the Binissalem D.O., this wine comes from fifteen acre estate... 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 →
His importer tells me that Dario’s heart isn’t behind this, an entry level introduction to the man and his wines, but it sure doesn’t taste like that. It’s a shorter... read more →