The Sera family works in Valtellina on seven steep hectares of vineyards of magical glacial rock in San Giacomo di Teglio. This is their entry level wine that ain’t so... read more →
Granddaughter Erica is working alongside Nino and the future looks promising. From 100-year-old vines, this is old school farmer winemaking. Whole bunch fermentation for two weeks followed by foot stomping... 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 →
Another beauty from Lazio. Here the wine comes from young, bush-trained vines and is made with 50% whole cluster. The result is 100% delicious. Fermented and aged in a combination... 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 →
Benôit and Elisabeth Jardin in Jasnières make some beauties out of chenin and pineau d’aunis from vines that are between 14 to 50 years old. The Garance is destemmed and... 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 →
This lovely nebbiolo comes from Ferdinando’s vines in Monforte d’Alba. Right upon opening the wine is reduced and brash, a young child with an innocent rosy flush. By the third... 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 →
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 →