Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Duca di Salaparuta, one of the oldest wineries in Sicily, introduced many Americans to the value-packed joy of Sicilian wines decades ago with Corvo,...
Michele Chiarlo, an excellent Piedmont producer known for their Barolo, also makes wine from Barbera, this one and upper level one, labeled La Court,...
Caprio Cellars focuses on the grapes typically found in red Bordeaux. The extra reliance on Cabernet Sauvignon, 78 versus 62 percent, and no Malbec...
Dennis P. Murphy, the owner of Caprio, named this seamless Bordeaux blend — his flagship wine — for his grandmother, Eleanor Caprio. This suavely...
It takes a brave grape grower and winemaker to take on the thin-skinned, finicky Pinot Noir grape. Dr. Vijay Reddy, founder of Reddy Vineyards...
This cleverly named TX-BDX from Reddy Vineyards is a blend of traditional Bordeaux varieties grown in Texas. It is smooth as velvet with spicy,...
The grapes in the Reddy Vineyards are grown at 3,305 feet in the Texas High Plains AVA (American Viticultural Area), near the town of...
Paitin’s 2019 vintage Sorì Paitin is both earthier and spicier than the 2018 vintage. In Barbaresco, 2019 was seen as an excellent vintage but...
The Kretikos Vilana from Boutari provides a delicious introduction to this classic Greek grape. This is a pure and complex white that has remarkable...
Huge is just the beginning on this Cabernet Sauvignon. Full throttle extraction works to great effect here, delivering layered blackberry, currants, graphite and soft...
Sorì Paitin is a flagship wine, grown on Paitin’s warmest slopes in their Serraboella MGA (or “cru”) vineyard. This wine exudes quality, and that...
Arneis is Piedmont’s (or at least the Langhe sub-region’s) arguably leading white grape and I have enjoyed a number of great Arneis wines. Paitin’s...