From the big toe of Italy comes a stunner. The vines are six years young and the resulting wine is puppy-like in energy. I couldn’t stop drinking it. Vinified in... read more →
In this part of Calabria the soils are limestone, the sun is strong and the wines are rich. This one is raised with no temperature control, in stainless. The softening... read more →
You’ve always wanted an Erbaluce to knock your socks off, right? Here it is from the Erbaluce di Caluso DOC not far from Torino. This is a stunning wine. It... read more →
Monferrato in the Piemonte region has many varied terroirs and one of them is Gamalero, an hour and twenty minutes south of Malpensa. The soils are sandy and silty. There... read more →
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 →
This is a vibrant cuvée from the young vines planted on the sandy schists of Anjou. There’s broadness on the palate, impact from the schist. There’s a gentle oxidation that... read more →
A totally stainless approach to nebbiolo, from forty-year-old vines in the Le Coste di Monforte d’Alba vineyards as well as some younger vines—destined to grow up into barolo, from the... read more →
Marco Rizzardi works high above Emilia out of the appellation, on limestone soils in an Alpine-like climate. He makes stunningly elegant wines. All of them. The work is mostly in... read more →
This Retsina is perfect for any modern day Symposia. It’s cloudy, exciting and only faintly resinated. No vintage is allowed under the Retsina designation, but do know that this is... read more →
Bierzo is bordered by Galicia and Castilla y León, and when you drive through you can be witness to abandoned gold mines, some of them are said to go back... read more →