Some of the Donkey and Goat 2022s are really standouts. Like this fashionably cloudy wine that might cure your pet’nat fatigue. With edgey Mendocino fruit, it has a rosy, cherry-like... read more →
I can’t tell you too much about this wine except that my first guess was Georgian, although I was stumped by the grape. Turns out I was stumped because it’s... read more →
A joint project between the winemakers Tiago Teles and Antonio Marques-da Cruz (Quinta da Serradinha). This is their more 'important' version of Portugal’s most widely planted red grape, Castelão. You... read more →
Situated at the southernmost tip of Côte Chalonnais, the little village of Montagny rises! In the hands of Andrew Nielson of Le Grappin, this chardonnay, planted on limestone, is a... read more →
Nicolas Gonnin in Paris makes straightforward but spot-on Chinons. This former train conductor had his first vintage in 2021 and I have put him on my “one-to-watch” list. I love... read more →
Seb Congretel used to be in the New York market but alas, now his wines are just in Texas. Our loss because there’s always a need for excellent Beaujolais. He... read more →
When a first vintage comes out and the winemaker is hailed as the second coming of Jesus, it kicks up my eyebrow a notch. But this is our world. Henri... read more →
Lopez is committed to 100% whole bunch fermentation and tends to a more robust extraction, with extended maceration and daily pigeage and pump-over. Into the old barrels it goes, where... read more →
Full disclosure: Bob Coleman is a subscriber. I didn’t know he made wine until I saw my friend Mike Bennie applaud Bob's efforts on the P&V website. I had to... read more →
From the Cyclades island of Tinos in the Aegean Sea comes this beauty of a bottle squeezed from old bush vines. Its maker, Jerome Charles Binda, a French graphic designer,... read more →