I haven’t tasted this wine for at least five vintages, which makes me very sad about the releases that I...
Gustave Lorentz, Alsace AOC (France) Riesling 2016
I opened this wine and tasted it alongside this house’s 2017 Grand Cru Kanzlerberg (as well as three other Lorentz...
Arrocal, Ribera del Duero DO (Castilla y León, Spain) 2015
Sourced from the Finca de Clara vineyard planted 84 years ago, this wine provides an object lesson in what venerable...
Welcoming Miranda Franco to Wine Review Online
Please join me in welcoming Miranda Franco, who joins WRO this week as a regular wine reviewer. Miranda has many personal...
Tenuta Garetto, Nizza DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
Nizza is a Barbera-only appellation that was established as a free-standing DOCG in 2014, when it was granted its own...
Tenuta Garetto, Grignolino d’Asti DOC (Piedmont, Italy) 2018
If you love super-ripe, whopping wines like Aussie Shiraz or Argentine Malbec, you should just keep walking past this...
Arrocal, Ribera del Duero DO (Castilla y León, Spain) Tempranillo 2017
Arrocal is among my favorite bodegas in Ribera del Duero, which is in turn among my favorite regions in the world —...
Umani Ronchi, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC (Italy) 2015
This is the wine to change the minds of those who underestimate Montepulciano d’Abruzzo as a simple, grapey wine to...
Adegas Gran Vinum, Rias Baixas DO (Galicia, Spain) Albarino 2019
This producer’s entry-level bottling of Albariño, “Mar de Viñas,” is so good that it...
Carabella, Chehalem Mountains (Willamette Valley, Oregon) Pinot Noir 2017
This is terrific young Pinot, with brightness as well as tannic grip, and a long and exceptionally promising future ahead...
Palladino, Barolo Riserva (Piedmont, Italy) 2013
My records indicate that I was fortunate to taste and score this wine “blind” in Alba on January 25, 2019, but...
Palladino, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
Just to clarify what we’ve got here, this wine sits between a straight Barolo DOCG wine and a single-cru Barolo...