Another white under the Gallina de Piel label shows how talented these sommeliers are at selecting wines. It’s...
Bodega del Abad, Bierzo DO (Castilla y León, Spain) Mencia 2016
Beirzo, located in the northwest corner of Castilla y León bordering Galicia and Asturias, is home to the...
Masciarelli, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Riserva DOC (Italy) 2016
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo has nothing to do with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The former is a grape, the latter...
Masciarelli, Colline Teramane DOCG (Abruzzo, Italy) 2015
Colline Teramane is the sole DOCG (Italy’s highest wine category) in Abruzzo, and shows the heights the...
Claudie Jobard, Rully (Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy, France) 2018
No doubt about it, this is a great wine. People, my editor included, will be startled by my awarding 95 points to a...
Domaine Bart, Marsannay (Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France) Chardonnay Musqué 2018
Domaine Bart, one of my favorite producers, flies under the radar. Even their stunning Bonnes Mares fails to get the...
Gifts for Wine Lovers…or for Those Who Want to be Wine Lovers
At this time of the year, people can be understandably fearful of giving wine to their wine-loving or worse, wine-geek,...
Merry Edwards, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Pinot Noir 2017
First planted in 1973 by the Pellegrini family, the Olivet Lane Vineyard was one of the first in the Russian River Valley...
Bodegas Caro, Mendoza (Argentina) 2017
The name of the bodega and its flagship wine comes from the first two letters of the last names of the principals involved...
Bodegas Pinea del Duero, Ribera del Duero (Spain) Tempranillo 2017
The packaging and verbiage, 14.9 percent stated alcohol, the over-sized 2.6-pound (empty) bottle and the back label...
Pazos de Rey, Monterrei DO (Galicia, Spain) Godello 2019
Do. Not. Miss. This. Wine. Made from an obscure grape (but not for long), from an...
Talbott Vineyards, Santa Lucia Highlands (Monterey County, California) Chardonnay 2017
David Coventry, the head winemaker at Talbott explained during a webinar in the excellent SommCon Geographical Digest...