Domaine Bousquet is making astonishingly strong, high-value reds these days, and everything I tasted from them was a star...
Battle Tested, Budget Friendly Wines for 2020
Wine Review Online reader Mike McGowan recently sent me a nice note indicating that he’d benefitted from a column I posted...
Fontanafredda, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
Yet another very impressive “sub-cru-level” Barolo designated as “Del Comune di Serralunga...
Breathtakingly Beautiful Barolo: The 2016 Vintage
I started writing about wine more than 25 years ago for The Washington Post, and over this span I have seen my colleagues write...
Pira Luigi, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
The 2015 vintage from this cru was fabulous from the house of Luigi Pira, and the 2016 is hard on its heels, if in a...
Enrico Serafino, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
I can find no record of this wine having been made in earlier vintages, which doesn’t conclusively prove that it...
Revello Fratelli, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
This isn’t currently as jaw-droppingly beautiful as the wine from the “Ceretta” cru made by Ettore...
Tenuta Cucco, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2016
This isn’t a designated “cru” wine, but rather one named after the village, so Barolo “Del Comune...
Centopassi, Sicilia Superiore DOC (Sicily, Italy) Grillo – Catarratto 2018
Get this: The winery is part of an association of nine properties scattered across Sicily and the south of the...
Alessandro di Camporeale, Sicilia DOC (Sicily, Italy) Nero d’Avola 2017
This superb rendition of Nero d’Avola is sourced from a climate in the Mandranova area that is cooler than vineyards...
Alessandro di Camporeale, Sicilia DOC (Sicily, Italy) Grillo 2018
Due to the very wet conditions of the growing season during 2018 (at least in the western sections of Sicily), this wine...
Palmento Costanzo, Etna Rosso DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2016
A blend of 80% Nerello Mascalese and 20% Nerello Cappuccio, this is was very skillfully grown and made. It is...