The greatest achievement in the history of wine marketing and the biggest blunder may be one and the same: Casting Champagne as...
Remy Pannier, Sancerre (Loire Valley, France) 2019
Sancerre can excel on the strength of its fruit, or its minerality in certain parts of the appellation, or on both. ...
Wakefield / Taylors, Clare Valley (Australia) Shiraz 2018
If you don’t believe in magic, have a taste of this wine and then try a Clare Valley Riesling as well, and please...
Frei Brothers, Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County, California) Merlot 2018
This wine is always very good, but I’m having trouble remembering a release quite as good as this one. It is...
Jeff Runquist Wines, Alta Mesa, Lodi (California) Touriga 2019
This very impressive wine offers a highly successful combination of Touriga's inherent intensity with the softening effect of...
King Estate, Willamette Valley (Oregon) Pinot Noir 2017
Taut and fresh but very focused and built to improve, this is a terrific performance from King Estate. The adjective...
Robert Hall, Paso Robles (Central Coast, California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Deep color and brilliant highlights show there's something special on the way even when just looking at this in the...
Rok, Rosso Venezia Giulia IGT (Veneto, Italy) 2017
This is what Aussies might refer to as a “smart little wine,” as it succeeds by dint of clever blending and...
Ruffino, Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG (Tuscany, Italy) 2017
Tuscan reds from the 2017 vintage confront the serious disadvantage of arriving on the heels of a sublimely stylish year...
Stephen & Walker, Fountaingrove District, Sonoma County (California) Syrah 2017
This formidable Syrah offers very concentrated fruit that justifies its price, yet what is most impressive about it is...
Stephen & Walker, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Syrah 2018
The fact that this winemaking team could craft equally impressive bottlings of Syrah from two different vintages is quite...
ZD Wines, Carneros, Napa Valley (California) Pinot Noir 2019
Though the winery is more widely known over past decades for Cabernets, this Pinot Noir from ZD is absolutely top...