Winemaker Mike Frank is a refugee from Cameron Winery and he’s a part of the new crop of Orgeon winemakers exploring a leaner style, looking to the Loire (in this... read more →
Dana and Scott Frank will make their mark as Oregon’s next wave, with fascinating takes on that state’s terroir. Everything from the 2012 vintage (Rhinestones, their pinot, for example) is... read more →
Why oh why oh why isn’t there more carignan in California? The grape suits the place and climate so very well. And up in Mendocino? It so often seems brilliant.... read more →
Deirdre has been named a star by Eric Asimov and who knows if she’ll still remember that we knew her when. We certainly hope so! This Ci Confonde (previously known... read more →
This one needs time. Stick it in the wine fridge for a year or at least six months and decant. Every so often there’s a miracle that happens in wine.... read more →
In case you were wondering the new vintage of the Creta is beautiful. From dry-farmed grapes, this is fermented and aged in clay vessels that the winemaker, potter Andrew Beckham, created... read more →
Just when I thought all was lost for kosher wines, there was Camuna. The couple behind the wine, Eli and Molly, work for a kosher Californian winery, Covenant, and use... read more →
Why chardonnay? “Why not,” Hank said. It was time. He smiles. Was he being ironic? Nope. Well, not entirely. The fruit is from Matthew Rorick’s vineyards, whole cluster pressed, fermented... read more →
Hank Beckmeyer of La Clarine Farms is very secretive about both the grapes in this wine and his processes. For now at least wants this line of wines to be... read more →
These vines in the back of Hank’s house are finally arriving and delivering. Hank picked these in succession. Fourteen passes, he says. Then the grapes were lightly crushed and added... read more →