Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
I tasted with Dante and Helena Lomazzi in France at the Renaissance and was so delighted. They’ve had their problems in the past but right now the wines are singing,... read more →
Trivia alert! It seems popolka was the actual name of xinomavro before the 70’s. Finding a real one, no matter what it’s called, has been rare. In fact, all seem... read more →
Bulli is situated in the Colli Piacentini, not far from Massimiliano Croci, where the two share a terroir. There’s a beachy quality to the soils here, and plenty of shell... read more →
The color on this one tells you something about the power of grechetto skins. With only one short week of skin contact (whole cluster carbonic), the effect is dramatic. The... read more →
At first this blend seems a bit too direct and grapey but the next day, the wine turned charming. Days three and four? The fruit evolved into something more savory.... read more →
Fruit for this bottling comes from the Que Syrah vineyard, planted in 1994 and sitting at 850 feet elevation, four miles from the Pacific. The grapes are fermented with 75%... read more →
The equivalent to natural in the sake world is referred to as pure sake. Now that the European-based Yoigokochi Sake portfolio has found a U.S. distributor, we now have more... read more →
This gorgeous 2013 is raised all in chestnut that Rolando Nicco made himself. The wine is a complete seductress, delicate and delicious, filled with mountain air and earthy tannins and... read more →