This is part of La Garagista’s fruit ciders line up and it’s wow-worthy. Refermentation of the 75% pear, is kicked off with 25% apple. There's plenty of beauty inside this... read more →
Get it while you can. This is one of the most gorgeous rosés I’ve had all summer, even if it is more literally a ramato, a skin-contact wine made from... read more →
From just 45 minutes northwest of Lisbon, six miles from the Atlantic, this wine comes from the Torres Vedras DOC. Mostly from the fernão grape, also known in Portugal as Maria... read more →
And ta da to you! This is an inspired crazy-ass blend. Pinot noir dominates at 35%, then in descending order you'll find gentle slarina, tannic grigolino, and a smidge of... read more →
A newish wine from an oldish place. Fermented in steel and aged in concrete. There’s fruit under the tightly plaited exterior with plenty of interest, mineral dust and somewhere there,... read more →
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 →
A solid under-$20 red that’s organic with lowish SO2 is harder to find than a ripe peach in January. But this sangio is that. It has a lot of charm for... read more →