Sterling Whitted is Holden and has been since the 2011 vintage. I met him at the fabulous meet-and-greet in Oregon back in June and have to say I’m pretty impressed... read more →
From about one hour north of Lisbon, an example of Portugal’s future. This rosé, which looks coppery and feels like a skin-contact wine, is actually just a rosé. The color... read more →
If you’ve been waiting patiently for the Lopez de Heredia rosé to return, drink this to whet that barrel-aged rosé whistle. Domaine Tatsis has the balls to age up a... read more →
Our favorite zwiegelt rosé raised on gruner vetliner skins is back. This time with no SO2 and it’s just completely delightful.
Ancient wisdom dictates that you should grow wine grapes where nothing else can survive. That often means high elevation. Case in point, the Atavus Vineyard is 1,800 feet up above... read more →
Cheerful! Here’s a mix of tannat and côt (malbec). It’s a red sunset of cheery, cherry, coppery, swiss chardy (I know, odd, huh?), luscious and has an appealing iron-like nerve.... read more →
When I visited with Gilles this summer he said to me, will you taste this? Seems like Regal couldn’t sell it with those wispy clouds floating inside the bottle. That’s... read more →
The brand (yes, even the natural wine world can have brands) Boutanche came from the brains of Guilhaume and Cory of Selection Massale. The key? You need to know your... read more →
This is the second wine I’ve written about from Pierre Michelland, and just in time for rosé season. This one gets the cement treatment which turns into my kind of... read more →
Pablo is a thinker. He thought to blend four parcels and treat them differently. First there’s partial saignée from the 1er cru and village plots. Then another portion goes through... read more →