Wines from d’Arenberg always offer up a lot of fun, starting with their quirky names and interesting labels. ...
Los Maquis, Colchagua Valley (Chile) 2014
I’ve loved every release of this wine going back at least to 2006, and strongly encourage you to buy and enjoy any...
Paixar, Bierzo (Castilla y León, Spain) Mencía 2013
Paixar is one of the handful of truly great expressions of Mencía from Bierzo. That won't mean a lot to many...
Paixar, Bierzo (Castilla y León, Spain) Mencia 2016
Longtime readers of WRO might already be aware of my utter adoration of this wine in almost every vintage, and now that...
Domaine Sigalas, Santorini (Greece) Assyrtiko 2018
My WRO colleague Wayne Belding MS has already beaten me to the punch in reviewing this vintage of Sigalas Assyrtiko, but...
Tinto Negro, La Consulta (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2016
I tasted this bottling for the first while knowing the price but without having looked at a tech sheet, and as a result, was...
All Thoughts Turned Toward Safety in California Fire Zones
As readers are probably aware, horrifying fires are torching portions of California. I’m confident that I speak for...
Bovale (Issac Fernandez), Utiel-Requena (Valencia, Spain) Bobal 2016
I was fortunate to travel to Utiel-Requena in March of this year to learn about Bobal, the most extensively planted of all...
Bodegas Caudalia, Baja Montaña, Navarra (Spain) Syrah 2015
I’ve traveled to Navarra sporadically for more than 20 years, and confess to being somewhat surprised that the...
Pazo Senorans, Val do Salnés, Rias Baixas (Galicia, Spain) Albarino 2018
This bodega has made one of the 5 best releases of Albariño in every vintage stretching back more than 20 years,...
Delas, Saint-Joseph (Rhône Valley, France) 2016
This house makes very good negociant wines and some killer bottlings from parcels that it owns in the various northern...
Michelas Saint Jemms, Saint-Joseph (Rhône Valley, France) 2017
I had never even heard of this producer--much less tasted the wines--until happening upon some bottles in the midst of an...