Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Jolie-Laide operates out of Sebastopol, sourcing grapes from vineyards across California, from Mendocino to Santa Cruz and beyond. The 2020 Syrah for this bottling...
Godello smells and tastes like a theoretical mash-up of Riesling, Albariño and Chardonnay. The 2021 Polvorete Godello is supremely fresh, light, and easy to...
This is a top-notch, remarkably delicious Cabernet Sauvignon in the hands of the legendary winemaker Paul Hobbs, a pioneer who began exploring vineyard sites...
Wine is full of surprises. At what turned out to be a very good, unassuming-looking Cambodian restaurant in Brooklyn, Lulu Mae, I saw a...
I have been consistently impressed with Virginia winemakers that continue to raise the bar with quality wine. Originally founded in 1999, Veritas was the...
Albarino is the perfect warm weather wine, like this one from the Castro Martin Family Estate with its focused, concentrated flavors of Meyer lemon...
Domaine de Montbourgeau’s 2021 Les 5 Etoiles from L’Etoile, in the Jura, is a fantastic transition wine, as summer creeps ever closer. Aged under...
Petit Manseng is not a well-known grape. Although frequently used for making sweet wines in the southwest of France, it is capable, as this...
The wine is appropriately named The Fog since nebbia, from which Nebbiolo takes its name, is Italian for fog. This fabulous expression of Nebbiolo...
Barboursville, the first established modern winery in Virginia, remains a — perhaps THE — leading producer in that state. This wine shows why! It...
A bold, rich, beautifully ripe expression that doesn’t go over the top. Bright acid keeps it all knit together, and some dill character comes...
To write a description of this wine is to perhaps make it sound like the stereotypical oaky Napa Chardonnay – yet it isn’t. Yes,...