Even though based in Australia, Mitchell Sokolin and Boris Portnoy have planted grapes in Kakheti where they are building a marani. While work is underway, they are buying organic grapes and making... read more →
Does chardonnay find its best self in the Jura? I think so. And in 2019, Alice Bouvot knocked me out with this: a multi-faceted expression of a grape that can... read more →
It is with great sadness that I drank this bottle of beauty from the last complete vintage of Pascal Clairet. Vinified in stainless in full carbonic, it is then aged... read more →
Michael Chonishvili became a full-time winemaker in 2015 and works his two hectares in the Kurdghelauri village, near Telavi's Tsinandali micro-zone. All of the wines I've tasted wines are gorgeous... read more →
From 0.5 ha of Jules Chauvet’s old vineyard in La Chapelle de Guinchay, here's a gorgeous little wine with five years of age—my beaujo sweet spot. This was a compelling... read more →
What a gorgeous pet’nat this is. It’s a blend of red (60% tavkveri) and white grapes (40% chinuri), so who knows why it’s called a tavkveri, but who cares. Born... read more →
Jarad Hadi, born and raised in Oregon, educated in wine in Bordeaux, is now making quite interesting wine in his home state. From the Tualatin area, from dry-farmed vines, this... 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 →
This wine comes from a crazy, high altitude vineyard of vines that look like little trees. The grapes were destemmed then cofermented for 5 days in wood vats and then... read more →
One side of the Pieroth family is more conventional and the younger generation, Christine, is natural. This is the expression of her vision for pinot. From her family’s Nahe estate,... read more →