Why are we mostly denied Patrick Sullivan’s wines in the United States? He’s the king of soif. This one delivers tangerine citrusy joy and immediately puts a smile on my... read more →
The wines of Kim Engle (along with his artist wife Debra Bermingham) have improved with each year. This four-year-old cabernet franc speaks to place bigly. Hello mellow Indian Summer by... read more →
Every once in a while you need to blow a lot of dough on a special bottle of champagne, and that’s when people go to Krug. Honestly, you have options.... read more →
From the land that I love up in the Alto Piemonte in the rarely seen DOC of Coste della Sesia, comes a wine that is so AF typical. It speaks... read more →
North of Chaintré in Viré-Clessé, the vines are 65+ years of age. The wine is medium bodied with a distinct Valette-like density of fruit. While this wine is a little... read more →
Pierre farms three different parcels of vines with over 60+ years of age in the Haute Côte de Beaune, above Pommard, on the typical red clay soils. Inspired by ancient... read more →
My guests couldn’t stop calling this col fondo prosecco ‘champagne.’ But you know what? There is definitely a champagne-like creaminess here. The fruit is ripe; in fact, it pops. Like... read more →
Brézème is a patch of limestone in the granitic part of the Northern Rhône that borders the south. As with all of Eric’s reds, there is no destemming; whole clusters... read more →
Jerome Lambert is part of the crowd working on the schist of Rablay-Sur-Layon. That village is rapidly becoming better known for its rebellious winemakers producing dry chenin rather than its... read more →
Giovanni’s plot is in Barolo, from a vineyard high on the town’s slope. He is the only producer who makes a single bottling from the fruit. Beneath his home, he... read more →