Like a growing number of foreign producers, Esporão serves as it own importer, an arrangement that allows the wine...
Hoopes Vineyard, Oak Knoll of Napa Valley (California) 2022
Bordeaux blends of Rosés often come out somewhat awkward, as neither the flavors nor structure seems to want to be...
Beronia, Rioja (Spain) Tempranillo 2021
As I (perhaps too) often said before, those who love the tastes of well-made everyday red Bordeaux blends should drink...
Valdemar Estates, Columbia Valley (Washington) Sparkling Chardonnay 2020
This is the first sparkling wine produced by the talented winemaker Devyani Gupta in the Washington outpost owned and...
Sallier de la Tour, Sicilia DOC (Sicily, Italy) Nero d’Avola 2020
This is a member of the Tasca d’Almerita family of Sicilian wines, created in 2008 in the hills near Palermo. ...
Eleven Eleven, Oak Knoll District – Napa Valley (California) Syrah 2020
A very complex, very big and earthy Syrah in the northern Rhône style, this shows an intriguing mix of darkness and...
Eleven Eleven, Oak Knoll District – Napa Valley (California) Riesling 2022
When I first pulled the cork on this wine, it did not smell, taste or feel like a Riesling, even given that Napa Valley...
Catching up with François Lurton
Anyone in the wine trade who has visited Bordeaux more than once and has not yet stumbled across a Lurton or two, at least...
Firriato, Sicilia DOC (Sicily, Italy) Perricone 2016
It seems at times as if Sicily has more indigenous grape varieties (whichever ancient explorer brought them) than the rest...
Selvapiana, Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG (Tuscany, Italy) Sangiovese 2020
I suspect that Chiantis in general have not received the respect they deserve because we are so used to experiencing power...
Strub, Rheinhessen (Germany) Silvaner Trocken 2021
Silvaner is known mostly as an ordinary grape except in parts of Alsace, just as Pinot Grigio is usually ordinary except...
Ritual, Casablanca Valley (Chile) Pinot Noir 2019
Surprising fresh having aged a couple of extra years, this wine can go well with traditional dishes such as salmon, but it...