Dolcetto is often called the Beaujolais of Italian wine because it tends to be lighter in color and less likely to hammer the...
Ron Rubin Vineyards & Winery, Green Valley of Russian River Valley (Sonoma County) Pinot Noir 2014
Ron Rubin, a rising star in California wine, has delivered another stunning Pinot Noir with this 2014 from the Green Valley's...
PasoPort Wine Company, Adelaida District (Paso Robles) Touriga Nacional 2013
Touriga Nacional isn't widely planted in the United States, perhaps because it is closely identified with sweet Port wine. But...
Domaine Carneros by Taittinger, Carneros (California) 2013
The common thread that runs through all of the Domaine Carneros sparkling wines is elegance. Always beautifully balanced,...
Oakville Ranch, Oakville (Napa Valley, California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Oakville Ranch has an excellent track record with Cabernet Sauvignon. This vintage is right in the winery's wheelhouse. It...
Lyndenhurst, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Considering this is the "second" wine from Spottswoode, it is astonishingly good. But that should surprise no one...
Everything Old Is New Again
Once upon a time, in quaint wine villages throughout Europe, it was only natural that villagers consumed the local wine....
Gloria Ferrer, Carneros (Sonoma County) Pinot Noir 2013
Though Gloria Ferrer is focused primarily on its range of sparkling wines, the table wines hardly suffer from lack of attention....
Donnafugata, Sicilia Rosso (Italy) 2011
Donnafugata was among the first to introduce internationally styled red blends to the Sicilian wine culture and it continues to...
Sonoma-Cutrer, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County) Pinot Noir 2014
This is yet another 2014 that demonstrates the vintage-specific meatiness of Pinot Noir from California's northern coastal...
Etude, Sonoma Coast (California) Pinot Noir 2014
Etude's 2014 Ellenbach Pinot Noir delivers a distinctive expression of the Sonoma Coast, with a wild berry note on the nose,...
Donnafugata, Sicilia Rosso IGP (Italy) 2011
Donnafugata has long been one the greatest examples of the wine renaissance that transformed Sicilian wine more than two decades...