Wine Reviews
This Week’s 30 New Reviews
Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa) Rioja began permitting sparkling wine production under DOCa Rioja appellation after a 2017 agreement by the Rioja Regulatory Board....
Dry Creek Vineyard began an effort 43 years ago to identify vines in old vineyards that produced exceptional fruit. They grafted cuttings from these...
Puriri Hills, a winery more typically associated with Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, is making waves with their Bordeaux-style wines that stand proudly on...
Bichot, one of Burgundy’s top producers, opts to use the relatively new, Bourgogne Côte d’Or, appellation that indicates all the grapes came from the...
Ceretto was among the first famous Barolo houses to recognize the potential of the local Arneis variety, and their rendition remains among the best...
Though most Rhône varieties thrive in its estate vineyard, the winery reaches out for Viognier from the nearby Daisy Creek Vineyard. The result is...
Fess Parker may no longer be a household name, but he was well known a generation ago, having played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone...
The tiny and Pinot Noir-only Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois appellation lies just south of the Côte d’Or in the Côte Chalonnaise. Though it encompasses...
A project of Lawrence Estates’ Carlton McCoy and Domaine Dujac’s Jeremy Seysses, this incorporates the vineyard label once used by Heitz. The wine is...
Serralunga d’Alba is one of the great wine communes of the Barolo appellation. The Baudana vineyard is among the most highly regarded in Serralunga....
This so-called “heritage” California clone has found a fine home in Petaluma Gap, with bright red fruit, pepper, toasty oak and brown spice. It’s...
Interesting to take a clone developed at a specific location and plant it in a different spot. Oh, wait – that’s exactly what pretty...