This was stunning in a group tasting with a lot of tinned anchovies and good time. The table gawked at it. What’s the price? The team of four friends that... read more →
Who knows what grows in that parcel planted onto volcanic rock? Whatever it is, this is a true field blend and a damn riveting wine. As with most of the... read more →
Forgive this terrible packaging and also for repeating myself, but a wine that delivers this much is worth repeating. What lies beneath is worthy of simple Sunday dinners and a... read more →
Guoin’s wines are always quiet and shy and loving. The prestige, from older vines up to 80 years, is aged in wood, but never woody. Buy a bunch and give... read more →
The hills of Emilia are singing with excitement. And here I give you one winner from the 2016 Wine Without Walls Awards that I presided over at VinItaly. I love... read more →
2015 is a delightful vintage in trollinger land. This could be a light, fresh throwaway, but I found it deceptively complex. Gulpable? Sure. But beneath its unassuming exterior is a... read more →
From three parcels of schist and vines between 16–90 years old comes a broad, horizontal, delicious wine. After a touch of pot on the nose comes the orange and tangerine... read more →
Hate apple cider in your wine? Then pass, but if like me this is a non-issue, you’ll find plenty of enjoyment here. Macerated in anfora for up to three months,... read more →
Kisi is considered to be a natural hybrid of rkatsiteli and mtsvane. It retains acid which makes it perform beautifully in the eastern dry Khakheti where it comes from. I... read more →
Remember that 2015 was a year when the grape skins thickened. This wine sure shows it with a firmness that will need another year to soften up. The pelaverga here... read more →