When the Czechs get it together are they ever going to give nearby Austria a run for their vines. Some of them are so damn interesting and when I plunked... read more →
As Fifi would say, “That’s what we call the glou-glou effect.” Cherry-stained vin de soif with a touch of fruit. If you see the white by the name of Antika... read more →
I’ve forgotten to put this in for three newsletters. Bad me. Every time I drink/taste I remember that I kind of love the 2015 of this. Well made, it’s a... read more →
Glou-glou deliciousness! Didn’t I always say that grolleau and côt = pineau d’aunis? I think so. Here it’s easy and thirst quenching. When it’s hot and you are just tired... read more →
Everyone loves Vince, as I will—once I meet him. He learned the soil from Alsace’s Patrick Meyer. Once the grapes from his volcanic soil arrive into his winery, he gives... read more →
Massimo Marchiori & Antonella Gerona work on clay and limestone, utilize fiberglass fermentation tanks and old vines of weird grapes. This one bottomed out at 10% ABV, a pink-skinned grape... read more →
Jean Marie Rimbert’s Oscar wins again this year. Even more satisfying than in the past with some ink, tar and bandaid.
2015 is a delightful vintage in trollinger land. This could be a light, fresh throwaway, but I found it deceptively complex. Gulpable? Sure. But beneath its unassuming exterior is a... read more →
When Clos Roche Blanche (Catherine Roussel and Didier Barrouillet) retired, the world mourned the loss and that included losing one of the Loire’s most beautiful pineau d’aunis. Well, this was... read more →
Grapes from Washington, raised in Oregon, released just after disgorging in November when the wine was barely born. When I tasted it in January it did have that primary, barely-made-wine... read more →