Fattoria Selvapiana Chianti Rufina (Tuscany, Italy) 2009 (Dalla Terra, $17): As New Year’s resolutions go, I believe...
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Refinement Trumps Power
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon “Artemis” 2008 ($55): It’s...
Chile’s Coastal Wave
Casa Silva, Colchagua Valley (Chile) Paredones Estate “Cool Coast” Sauvignon Blanc 2011 (Vin DiVino, $23): If...
A Breath of Fresh Air from Austria
Zantho, Burgenland (Austria) Zweigelt, 2009 (Vin DiVino, $14): If you were to attend a seminar on the wines of Austria,...
Royal Cabernet
Viña Santa Rita, Maipo (Chile) Cabernet Sauvignon “Casa Real” 2007 (Palm Bay International, $75): It is...
A Collaboration of Winemakers and of Grape Varieties
Biblia Chora, Regional Wine of Pangeon (Greece), “Ovilos” White, 2008 (Cava Spiliadis, $40): Greece boasts an...
Fanciful Name, Serious Wine
Bonny Doon Vineyard, Central Coast (California) “Le Cigare Volant” 2007 ($35): I write this review cognizant...
Unexpected Pleasure
Castell-Castell, Franken (Germany) Silvaner Trocken, 2010 (Valckenberg USA, $18): I have long admired this surprising wine...
A Master of Zinfandel
Ravenswood Napa Valley Zinfandel, Dickerson Vineyard, 2008 ($35): I have said that I do not enjoy Zinfandel as much as I...
A Sauvignon Score
Quivira, Dry Creek Valley (California) Sauvignon Blanc, Fig Tree Vineyard, 2010 ($18): Because I have been so disappointed...
The Antidote for Summer Stifle
Weingut St. Urbans-Hof, Mosel (Germany) Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett 2008 (HB Wine Merchants, about $20): The 2008...
Great Value South African White
Mooiplass Wine Estate/Xavier Flouret, Stellenbosch (South Africa) “Fynbos” Chenin Blanc, 2010 (Cognac One,...