I confess to having looked at this bottle askance when an under-$20 blend from 2019 showed up after being awarded a...
Beyond Brut: Expand Your Champagne Horizon
Champagne is the single most joyous of all the world’s wines, and there are really only two sad things about it: ...
Brancott Estate, Marlborough (New Zealand) Pinot Gris 2022
This interesting wine offers plenty of flavor that’s true to the Pinot Gris variety, and manages to accomplish that...
Carruth Cellars, Alexander Valley (Sonoma County, California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
According to the copy on the back of this big, heavy bottle, this wine resulted from an emergency picking of the remaining...
Muse Vineyards, Shenandoah Valley (Virginia) Roussanne 2021
Roussanne is notoriously difficult to grow and vinify well even in less-than-challenging locales, which Virginia is not...
Red Yonnie Estate Winery, Limestone Coast (South Australia) Shiraz 2021
Let us hope that Aussie wines will roar back into the USA market in the wake of a long, lamentable downturn in...
Wakefield / Taylors, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale (South Australia) Shiraz 2021
Leave it to the often-informal Aussies to compose a wine from two different growing regions and then turn out something...
St. James Winery, Ozark Highlands (Missouri) Vignoles 2021
Vignoles is a hybrid grape variety with murky origins now that some longstanding theories about its origins have been...
Heirloom Vineyards, McLaren Vale (South Australia) Shiraz 2021
Heirloom has two very interesting renditions of the same variety in current release, this burly Shiraz from McLaren Vale...
Josh Cellars, California (United States) Merlot 2019
It is impressive to see a relatively affordable and widely available wine like this be awarded a Platinum medal when...
Boasso, Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d’Alba (Piedmont, Italy) 2018
Although I’ve never visited this producer in the beautiful and highly esteemed village of Serralunga in my many...
Cameron Hughes Wine, Minervois (Sud Ouest, France) 2019
Blended from 60% Syrah, and 40% Grenache, this offers up a convincing combination of gutsy fruit with savory and even...