Alessia and Stefano Bertaiola have ten hectares in the Lake Garda area where there’s barely anything natural to drink. So, this is terrific news, and so is this little frizzante... read more →
Another winner from Monte dei Roari in Lake Garda. This is my first 100% rossignola. It’s a thin-skinned grape and the resulting wine has a coppery color. Part of the... read more →
At my first taste I wrote, “Hello old-fashioned deliciousness.” The fruit comes from Martin’s oldest vines in Saint-Julien which were planted in the 1950s on limestone and marl. It’s partially... read more →
Travis Kauffman is creating a little slice of magic over there in his Carroll Gardens microbrewery. He’s doing a lot that I like, including growing a good deal of his... read more →
Kenji and Mai are two of the many vignerons now making beautiful dry wines from the area of Rablay-sur-Layon, once a hot spot for sweet. Their Faia is a blend... read more →
Historically the Lapierre Morgon comes in three different bottlings, including the no sulfur Cuvée N. N used to be impossible to find but now with the fashion of zero/zero it’s... read more →
Côme worked with Eric Dubois at the historic and now defunct Clos Cristal. He brings with him a sensitive hand to not only his own wine but to his cider... read more →
Goyo is one of the natural pioneers in the Ribera del Duero where he lives and farms most of his vines. But this is his mencia and palomino, from a... read more →
Diego Losada had a guitar habit and a science education. If you’re going to head for zero/zero winemaking, the coupling of those talents is spectacular preparation. He rents 15 parcels... read more →
All of Renan Cancino’s wines get hand-destemmed on the zaranda, foot-stomped, fermented and aged in old wooden barrels where they stay until bottling. They stay in that bottle one more... read more →