Wine Reviews
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Here is a kinder, gentler expression of Marlborough Sauvignon that delivers the grapefruit, gooseberry and grass that you’re looking for in a pleasantly not...
The Brandborg Winery is nestled within Oregon’s Umpqua Valley in the tiny Elkton AVA. There are only a few wineries in this cool climate...
Jeff Runquist has a way with Barbera – particularly when it comes from this famed site in the foothills. This vintage is but...
If you don’t believe in magic, have a taste of this wine and then try a Clare Valley Riesling as well, and please explain...
From the same vineyard used for the winery’s Grenache, this is exciting cool-climate Syrah. Amor Fati, which means “love of one’s fate,” is made...
Cantina Terlano is one of the best cooperative wineries in the world. Founded in 1893, it has access to some of the best vineyard...
This is a full-bodied Pinot Gris from the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The ripeness of the 2019 vintage shows with opulent aromas of juicy...
This 60% / 40% blend of Shiraz and Cabernet from South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula shows lots of concentrated, deeply flavored fruit — entirely as...
Regardless of the throw-back label, this producer is new to me, but the back-to-back performance with this wine from 2017 and 2018 is eye-poppingly...
This producer is new to me, but we are off to a very good start. This has all the richness and power one would...
In years past, I might have overlooked this wine because I judged varieties by reference to their European counterparts from their ancestral regions of...
This is an excellent, dry-style Amarone that doesn’t tasted “hot” despite the 16.5% stated alcohol that was left after most of the sugar in...