Developing a broad wine list is easy; developing a well-curated wine list is a feat. Pascaline Lepeltier’s Chambers...
Corison Winery, St. Helena – Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Vanilla and baking spice waft from the glass, giving way to a wonderful bouquet of red and black fruits and finishing with...
Corison Winery, St. Helena – Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Seductively savory on the nose, this Cabernet Sauvignon shows notes of cedar, brine, and sage intermingled with bright red...
Grgich Hills Estate, Napa Valley (California) Zinfandel 2019
This Zinfandel is a breath of fresh air. Unlike the Zins of a decade ago, this one is not dark or inky on the pour...
Grgich Hills Estate, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Grgich Hill Estate’s 2019 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon has a wonderfully old-school vibe to it. Savory aromas leap...
Grgich Hills Estate, Yountville – Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Grgich Hills Estate’s 2019 Yountville Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon is dedicated to founder Milijenko...
Matthiasson, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Matthiasson’s 2020 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is well-balanced, understated, and quite simply fantastic. ...
Matthiasson, Napa Valley (California) 2021
Matthiasson’s 2021 White Wine is a blend you are unlikely to find anywhere else. Marrying traditional Bordeaux...
Matthiasson, Napa Valley (California) Ribolla Gialla 2020
Steve Matthiasson has an affinity for working with traditional Italian grape varieties in Napa Valley. Ribolla...
Roc D’Anglade, Vin de Pays (Languedoc, France) 2013
Last week, while traveling for a wedding, I had the privilege of stopping by Pascaline Lepeltier’s restaurant,...
Mersel, Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) Merwah 2021
Chillable reds are — forgive the pun — hot right now, and Mersel’s Red Velvet is a great one. ...
Dominique Portet, Yarra Valley (Australia) Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Great wine runs in Dominique Portet’s blood; his father served as the winery and vineyard manager at Chateau...