I visited in 2010 and the wines keep on getting better and better. The 2009 is nothing short of stunning, an incredible balancing act with zip, verve, nervousness and a... 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 →
This bottle is part of Hardy Wallace’s mourvèdre crusade, and here the boy strikes gold. It reminded me of the southern Rhône with a definite Californian personality. An evocative wine... read more →
Laurent Cazottes has been keeping all of us happy at the end of vin naturels fairs in Europe for years, and thanks to Nicolas Palazzi, we finally have him stateside.... read more →
I tasted Gilles Ballorin’s wines at the Marsannay tasting at Grands Jours de Bourgogne, the every-other-year event (what took me so long!) Turns out he’s a good friend of Sylvain... read more →
When I was out at Les Marchand Wine Bar in Santa Barbara, tasting through wines from the Jurassic Vineyard we all indulged in this one, and drank and drank even... read more →
Eric Morgat told me that this 2010 was closed. I was like, really? Granted, I watched this dance over a few days and it never gave up. Never. What a... read more →
I gave this wine from granite and sand to a friend, a total heathen. A guy who peppers most wines, really. He takes a pepper grinder, twirls away and says,... read more →
Get it while you can because this is probably a one off. From north Etna—1,300m. Foti usually produces a still rose between 12.5% and 13%, but, in 2011, the alcohol... read more →
Tasted in his cellar, the Chaillot had been open for several days (I couldn’t bear to ask him to open up a new bottle for me). This was from the... read more →