A wine from the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It has a lovely hazy leonine color from its ten days of skin contact. The resin counterpoints the... read more →
Samuel Cano’s wines were a revelation for me. Check them all out if you can, but this Cuvée Eva was particularly attention-getting. Its grapes come from a small east-facing limestone... read more →
Three years back I tried to enter this into a sparkling wine festival. It was rejected because supposedly the attendees wouldn’t be able to accept the sludge in the bottle.... read more →
Sticker shock alert. Whether or not you think it’s worth it is up to you, but for the Cornelissen lover in your life this would make terrific gift. Based on... read more →
This was a recent Wine Society offering and it had heartthrob written all over it. It’s pelaverga grape planted on Barbaresco soils, the result is a heftier wine of charm... read more →
I usually think everyone knows this domaine but just in case you’ve missed out, it’s time to learn about veterans Catherine Roussel and Didier Barrouillet of Clos Roche Blanche. CRB... read more →
Château-Chalon is a bowl-like terroir, the most famed in the Jura. Everything made there is Vin Jaune: savagnin raised under a voile (veil—aka flor) for six years and three months... read more →
Poor Dario didn’t want to make something that could be considered less serious than his other wines, but he did it anyway. Lucky for us. The rosso and bianco are... read more →
Elisabetta made this wine as a bugger off to all of those in her region who view pinot gris as a stupid cash cow. She aimed to restore it to... read more →
A 25-year-old vineyard. The wine is raised one year in glass demi-johns and/or porcelain egg-like contraptions of his own design. The wine has an iron vibrant, edgy—make that very edgy.... read more →