The first wine I drank recently in Tbilisi was this beautiful specimen from John Okroshvili’s sister, Jenny. Thought to be the offspring of rkatsiteli and mtsvane, kisi has bizarrely been... read more →
Alfredo Maestro is indeed a maestro. His wines, all of them, always delight. He’s a pioneer in Peñafiel in the Ribera del Duero where natural is virtually unheard of, shifting... read more →
If I had my way carignan would be one of the major grapes of California. The reason? You get a perfectly ripe and lovely wine at reasonable alcohol levels. Jason... read more →
The 2016 vintage in Austria was the summer of no sun. But in the best of hands, some of the wines were fab. So here you go, Franz’s Blauer Wildbacher... read more →
This might be one of the rosés of the season for me. For one, I dig syrah as a pink wine—there’s something firm and interesting about it. Here it’s all... read more →
There’s something about Styria, its soul, I guess. I can’t think of any one of the natural guys down there in southeast Austria who isn’t deeply committed, almost spiritual, about... read more →
For those who drink by sight instead of taste, here’s a lovely little cloudy wine for you that also happens to taste great—in Milan Nestarec’s crazy cat sort of way.... read more →
From the granitic Gredos mountains in the Vinos de Madrid DO, 80km west of the city, comes another stunner at an easy price from four friends onto a good thing.... read more →
As Brooklyn girl raised in Baldwin, I get bashing rights. But Erik is determined to show the world Long Island's beauty and I can only applaud him. His passion is... read more →
There are some wines that don’t hit you at first. They sneak up on you and go all heart-throbby. This is one of them. Gabrio Bini is an architect who... read more →