The name of the wine, which transliterates into English as “white island” refers to Vernaccia di San...
Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara, Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG (Tuscany, Italy) 2018
Campo della Pieve is one of Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara’s top cuvées of Vernaccia di San Gimignano. It...
Dry Creek Vineyard, Clarksburg (California) Dry Chenin Blanc 2018
Dry Creek Vineyard has been making a dry Chenin Blanc for since their founding, almost 50 years ago because David Stare,...
Donnafugata, Etna Bianco DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2018
Made entirely from Carricante, Donnafugata’s Etna Bianco displays an immediately engaging floral component. A...
Saracina, Redwood Valley (Mendocino County, California) 2018
Why is this wine so captivating? Maybe it’s because the grapes came from dry-farmed organic vineyards. ...
Donnafugata, Etna Rosso DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2017
The grapes for Donnafugata’s Fragore hail from the Contrada Montelaguardia. Made entirely from Nerello...
Hugues Beaulieu / Kysela Père et Fils, Picpoul de Pine (Languedoc, France) 2019
It’s tough to figure out who is the producer of this wine. The importer’s name, Kysela Père et Fils,...
Zolo, Mendoza (Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Though focused on black fruit flavors, this clean and pure Cabernet Sauvignon avoids the trap of being a fruit bomb. ...
Tapiz, Uco Valley (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2018
Full disclosure: I am underwhelmed by most Malbecs, which are heavy, monotonic red wines. Imagine my surprise and...
Tapiz, Uco Valley (Mendoza, Argentina) 2012
While I am usually underwhelmed by most monovarietal Malbec bottlings, that grape works beautifully in red blends, such as...
Georges DuBoeuf, Juliénas (Beaujolais, France) 2019
Juliénas is one of the 10 crus, or named villages, of Beaujolais that labels the wine with the village name,...
Georges DuBoeuf, Morgon (Beaujolais, France) 2019
The Côte du Py, a blue-stone slope, is the best-known subregion within the Morgon appellation. Gamay grown...