Villa Cerna is the home, and one of the estates, of the Cecchi family, one of the top producers in Tuscany. ...
Villa Cerna, Chianti Classico (Tuscany, Italy) 2020
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Michael Apstein
Villa Rosa, Chianti Classico (Tuscany, Italy) 2018
The Cecchi family purchased the Villa Rosa estate in 2015 because it was an ideal site for Sangiovese. The focus is to...
Terroir is Alive and Well on Mount Etna
One of things I adore about wine is how it expresses Mother Nature. The same grape grown in adjacent vineyards and turned...
Estate Argyros, Santorini (Greece) Assyrtiko 2022
Argyros, an old family winery founded in 1903, has a stellar reputation on Santorini. After tasting this racy...
Haritatos Vineyard, Slopes of Aenos PGI (Greece) Mavrodaphne 2021
Jancis Robinson in her encyclopedic Wine Grapes (Harper Collins 2012) reports that Mvarodafni is likely the Greece’s...
Alpha Estate, Amyndeon PDO (Macedonia, Greece) Xinomavro 2020
Fortunately, most people don’t translate the grape’s name, Xinomavro, (literally, sour back) before buying the...
Villa Sandi, Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG (Veneto, Italy) 2021
Cartizze is a small (roughly 260-acre) steeply sloped area of vineyards that represent the pinnacle of the Prosecco...
Mount Langi Ghiran, Grampians (Victoria, Australia) Riesling 2023
Mount Langi Ghiran, best known for their array of stunning Shiraz wines, makes an equally compelling Riesling. I...
Skouras, Peloponnese PGI (Greece) Moscofilero 2021
Moscofilero is a wonderfully interesting grape. Pink or grey-skinned, like Pinot Grigio, it usually makes a floral...
Villa Bucci, Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore DOC (Marche, Italy) Verdicchio 2022
The Bucci family, farmers in the region from the 18th century, started bottling their wines only in 1983. ...
Château de Raousset, Chiroubles (Beaujolais, Burgundy, France) 2022
Though Chiroubles, one of the ten Crus (named villages) of Beaujolais borders Fleurie, the wines are vastly different,...
Domaine Michel Bouzereau et Fils, Bourgogne Côte d’Or (Burgundy, France) Chardonnay 2022
Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau now runs this stellar domaine based in Meursault. Bouzereau has used the new appellation,...