Silverado Vineyards, Napa Valley - Stags Leap District, Cabernet Sauvignon “SOLO” 2013 ($125): Stags Leap...
Heritage Vines, Pedigree Wine
Silverado Vineyards, Napa Valley - Stags Leap District, Cabernet Sauvignon “SOLO” 2013 ($125): Stags Leap...
Carménère in the Spotlight
Apaltagua, Apalta Valley (Chile), Carménère “Grial,” 2012 (Global Vineyard Importers, $75): For...
The Beauty of Merlot
Mt. Brave, Napa Valley-Mt. Veeder Merlot 2013 ($75) and La Jota Vineyard Co. Napa Valley-Howell Mountain Merlot 2013...
An Exemplary Trio from Washington
Buty Winery, Horse Heaven Hills (Washington State) “Columbia Rediviva” Phinney Hill Vineyard, 2013 ($50): As...
The Heights of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Lokoya, Napa Valley-Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, and Napa Valley-Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 (each...
Pinot Grigio Cut from a Different Cloth
Alois Lageder, Alto Adige (Italy) Pinot Grigio “Porer” 2015 (Dalla Terra, $25): There’s Pinot Grigio,...
Three New Elite Pinot Noirs
Zena Crown Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills (Oregon), Pinot Noir “The Sum,” “Conifer, and “Slope,” 2013...
A Favorite and Six Fellow-Travellers
Chehalem, Willamette Valley (Oregon) Pinot Noir “Three Vineyard” 2014 ($32): Such a fascinating exercise it...
White Burgundy Value
Joseph Drouhin, Burgundy, Pouilly-Vinzelles 2015 (Dreyfus, Ashby & Co., $20): It’s a perennial topic in wine...
A Great Chardonnay Find from South Africa
Glennelly, Stellenbosch (South Africa) Chardonnay “Glass Collection” 2015 (Cape Classics, $18): For white wine...
Cool Climate California Syrah
Presqu’ile Winery, Santa Maria Valley (California), Syrah, Presqu’ile Vineyard 2013 ($35): Although Syrah is...