Sometime in the mid-to-late 2000s, I attended a presentation of the wines from Casa Lapostolle, a winery located in the...
Clean Slate, Mosel (Germany) Riesling 2019
This dry Riesling has a pale yellow color with delicate green apple, citrus and floral aromas combined with dusty mineral...
Bodegas Volver, La Mancha DO (Spain) Tempranillo 2018
Dark ruby color, black cherry, plum, tobacco, mocha aromas, mouth-filling black cherry, plum and dusty, cocoa powder...
Château Guiraud, Bordeaux Blanc (Bordeaux, France) 2019
Château Guiraud is located in the Sauternes appellation of Bordeaux. You may recall that the Sauternes region is...
Château Brown, Pessac-Léognan (Bordeaux, France) 2015
According to co-owner Jean-Christophe Mau in a recent webinar, “2015 was a great vintage in Bordeaux, one of the...
Château Jean Faure, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru (Bordeaux, France) 2018
Château Jean Faure resides in a swanky neighborhood with Cheval Blanc and La Dominque nearby. The wine estate...
Brick and Mortar, Mendocino Ridge (California) Pinot Noir 2018
Matt Iaconis went to UC Davis to study aeronautical engineering, but his career path was redirected by an elective class...
Leyda, Valle de Leyda (Chile) Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Sauvignon Blanc from cool areas of Chile just get better and better, like this one from the Leyda winery in the Leyda...
Leah Jørgenson, Southern Oregon (Oregon) Cabernet Franc 2019
According to Madeline Triffon, the first woman to become a Master Sommelier in the U.S. (whose palate and approach to wine...
Au Bon Climat, Santa Maria Valley (Santa Barbara County, California) 2017
The blend for the 2017 version of this wine is 50 percent Pinot Gris, 40 percent Pinot Blanc and 10 percent...
Domaine de la Denante, Bourgogne (Burgundy, France) Chardonnay 2019
A better than it has to be Bourgogne Blanc, it reverberates with intense, vibrant and concentrated apple, peach, a bit of...
Oregon Exemplars: Stoller Wine Group
Stoller Wine Group, based Dayton, Oregon in the Willamette Valley, includes Stoller Family Estate, Chehalem Winery, Chemistry,...