Ripe and succulent and creamy in texture, with gorgeous blackberry and black cherry fruit, this is a sexpot of a wine that...
Antica Masseria del Sigillo, Campania IGP (Italy) Fiano 2018
Everyone is allowed her or his favorite, but with that open-minded pablum out of the way, Fiano is the greatest white...
A Promising New Player in the Walla Walla AVA: Echolands Winery
New wineries get established pretty regularly in the New World, but I’m much less regular about actually reading the press...
Pago de la Jaraba, La Mancha (Spain) Sauvignon Blanc 2019
This is seriously delicious and impressive Sauvignon from a rather unlikely seeming locale, namely, La Mancha…which...
Txakoli Malda, Getariako Txakolina (Pays Basque, Spain) 2019
Fresh renditions of well-made Txakoli (say, “chah-kuh-lee”) is undoubtedly among the handful of most...
Palladino, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
I’ve tasted extremely impressive wines from Palladino in past vintages, but never one that attained this level of...
Boasso Franco, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
This is the best wine I’ve ever tasted from this family’s estate, and a remarkable accomplishment. A...
August Kesseler, Assmannshäusen Höllenberg GG (Rheingau, Germany) Pinot Noir 2016
This is one of the most remarkable renditions of Pinot Noir that I’ve tasted over the past five years, and just for...
Tenuta di Fessina, Etna Rosso DOC Riserva (Sicily, Italy) 2014
Etna is the source of some of Italy’s most complex red wines, with a palpable minerality that can make the wines...
Planeta, Mamertino DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2016
This terrific wine is a blend of 60% Nero d’Avola, 40% Nocera, grown at sea level near the northeastern tip of...
Planeta, Sicilia DOC (Sicily, Italy) Carricante 2017
Planeta is not only of Sicily’s most impressive wine companies, but one of the world’s as well. It...
Brezza Giacomo E Figli, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
This house made a spellbindingly great Sarmassa in 2016, but this Cannubi is so good that it deserves to be reviewed in...