Garofoli, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore (Marche, Italy) “Macrina” 2017 and “Podium”...
Transcendental Wine
Dalla Valle Vineyards, Napa Valley, “Collina Dalla Valle” 2015 ($85): I tasted the wines of Dalla Valle...
A Cabernet Winery Identifies as Pinot Noir, Too
Ladera Vineyards, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir, Pillow Road Vineyard 2015 ($50) and Chardonnay, Pillow Road Vineyard 2015...
A Third Single-Vineyard Cabernet from Heitz
Heitz Wine Cellars, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Linda Falls Vineyard 2013 ($150): In 1961, Joe and Alice Heitz...
Overachieving Sauvignon Blanc and Extraordinary Cabernet
Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County 60% -Napa County 40%, 2016 ($38): “How high can you score a Sauvignon...
The Diversity of Napa Valley Cabernet
Duckhorn Wine Company, Napa Valley-Howell Mountain, Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 ($98): I tasted five very fine Napa Valley...
Chile Goes Cabernet Franc
Gillmore, Maule Valley (Chile), Cabernet Franc “Old Vines” 2012 (Global Vineyard Importers, $40) and Maquis,...
Worthy of the Holidays
Joseph Drouhin, Côte de Beaune Rouge (Burgundy, France), 2015 (Dreyfus, Ashby & Co., $42): Red Burgundy is...
A Candidate for the Holiday Table
Grgich Hills Estate, Napa Valley, Zinfandel 2013 ($36): The holiday season brings the perpetual dilemma of what type of...
When You Need A $10 Pinot Grigio
Riff Pinot Grigio delle Venezie IGT (Italy), Progetto Lageder, 2016 (Dalla Terra, $10): The Pinot Gris grape makes some...
A Sonoma County Survivor
Gundlach Bundschu, Sonoma Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2014 ($50): When wildfires broke out in Sonoma and Napa Counties...
Another Exciting Burgundy-Oregon Alliance
Domaine Nicolas-Jay, Yamhill-Carlton (Oregon), Pinot Noir, Bishop Creek, 2015 ($100): When Oregon Pinot Noir producers...