Just a fabulous example of how, if treated with respect, zinfandel can be completely satisfying. This was whole cluster, with a 30-day maceration, including daily pigeage. While it borders on... read more →
Meet a new crush! If there were a quintessential Alice wine, this would be it. At first it was stinky but with a decant, okay, let’s say the next day,... read more →
From the Ycoden-Daute-Isora, the northwest part of Tenerife, this parcel for the unstoppable team of Envínate is 1000 meters up. I am in wine heaven. There’s much here that’s similar to... read more →
Sapiens is the name of the farmer who owns the plot this wine is made from. He claims he’s got dolcetto planted. No way, said winemaker Louis-Antoine Luyt. So that’s... read more →
This high priestess was squeezed from 100-year-old own-rooted vines grown at 2,400 feet. She is sensual, transparent, a courtesan and a spitfire. The light shines on her and around her... read more →
Claus has 19 ha in Burgenland, he’s adorable, and even better, he is a strong new voice of new Austria. His Puszta is charming and will come in handy for... read more →
Irancy is a little-seen appellation in the Auxerrois region of northern Burgundy (think Chablis). So many of the wines from there show coarse tannic rusticity, but not this one. With... 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 →
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 →
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 →