Next trip to Gradoli, for sure I’ll be visiting Georgea and Alessandro because their wines are kind of knocking me out. This came from their organic, regenerative farming at an... read more →
Pinot from Tuscany? Usually I would say no, but from Fabrizio Niccolaini and Patrizia Bartolini, the names behind Massa Vecchia? Count me in. This is from a tiny parcel at... read more →
Olivier Boulin is a negoçe based in Strasbourg, with a cellar in Dole. The wine is primarily pinot noir, from Pupillin with a little poulsard in the mix. It is... read more →
What a terrific bottle of bubbles. From Deidre’s Vergennes vineyard comes a stunner that is simply full of joy. The wine is certainly aromatic. springlike and so refreshing, all spring... read more →
Spain’s hot Alicante region is not known for its great wine for good reasons. They are far and few between. But La Zafra, making wine since 2016, is bottling sincere... read more →
The winery consists of a trio, the Herzán siblings, Zuzana and Jakob, and Jakob’s co-winemaking girlfriend Sandra. They took over the Herzán estate in 2012 and work on 4.3 hectares of... read more →
I’m a huge fan of vignaoli Vanni Nizzoli’s wines across the board and this one, made in the champagne method, shows verve and class. The base wine sits on the... read more →
Franken on the rise! Andi Knauss worked with Michael of 2Naturkinder then took over his dad’s estate in 2015. This is a Muller-T to inspire. Lovely! The juice from old... read more →
This is Milan’s let’s eat and drink perennial blend and the 2019 version is a big hit. All the grapes are destemmed, co-fermented using carbonic maceration, and then aged in... read more →
I had never been interested in wines from Hungary until this one. Hello, little wine. This one is 85% whole-cluster pressed juice. Then it's fermented in amphorae of different sizes,... read more →