Benoît Courault started his domaine in 2006 and immediately he was at the head of the class. He has grown and matured and almost everything that comes from his hands... read more →
When I last visited Chile in 2019, Roberto had just acquired this vineyard where every once in a while, a puma still stalks. He was so happy, his grin could... read more →
Pheasant’s Tears 2020s are glowing and this Mtsvane riveted me. Of late, Gela and John have been less religious about traditional six-to-eight-month skin contact and this could be exhibit 1... read more →
Philippe Bordes retired from plumbing and swapped out a drain snake for secateurs as he turned to the vineyards. From 9 hectares in Saint Chinian, with his wife Emma, they... read more →
The small négociant run by René-Jean Dard and Hervé Souhaut has been a source of great wines. The grapes for this come from Frederic Pierro’s vines, and the quality of... read more →
Marta Sierotta (raised in Poland, moved to France, then to Italy with her family) lives and works in the Pisa section of Tuscany. I’m liking her work across the board,... read more →
While it's available state-wide, I had to go to Burgundy to taste this, which I did at a little mini-tasting Tomoko Kuriyama hosted this winter. She told me, "This is... read more →
Once banned from the library of approved Italian grapes (ouch), slarina is back and this one comes from one of my favorite Piemontese producers. The grape has been on the... read more →
Over a pizza dinner, I snuck this to a table full of anti-California wine drinkers. I had to wrestle the bottle away from them to get a sip. Lively, delicate... read more →
D&R alert in 2011. Pricey, sure. Buy what you can. The white Crozes was like intense melon and ice. This Baties, was a little tough, but drunk two months later... read more →