Wine Reviews
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A beautiful, graceful, dry white wine with peach, apricot, lychee flavors mingling with floral notes. In the mouth it is rich with a creamy...
The Bonterra brand, now owned by Concha y Toro, waved the flag of organic production long before it became popular and now carries as...
If you write about wine long enough, there are certain brands with which you become very comfortable in ordering or recommending without pause, regardless...
Let us hope that Aussie wines will roar back into the USA market in the wake of a long, lamentable downturn in availability of...
Year in and year out, this is an amazing value among Barolos. Damilano’s Lecinquevigne Barolo is drawn from vineyards in five communes – Barolo,...
Domaine Lupin’s Cuvée du Pépé is a single-plot vineyard with 70+ year old vines and is their flagship wine. Unlike a traditional Rousette de...
In business since 1849, Yalumba is a big, family-owned winery that continues to surprise. Though billed as “a lighter version” by comparison to Yalumba’s...
This winery began in 2005 and has become one of the great wine stories in recent years. If you haven’t heard the detailed narrative,...
Blended from 60% Syrah, and 40% Grenache, this offers up a convincing combination of gutsy fruit with savory and even pleasantly earthy undertones that...
Although I’ve never visited this producer in the beautiful and highly esteemed village of Serralunga in my many trips to Barolo, my recent experience...
Michael Shaps may just be my favorite producer in Virginia, and his Viognier is one of the many reasons for that. Being a fan...
Roma received Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status in 2011 and they are producing remarkable wines. Tenimenti Leone’s Capomunni is more than a blend...