Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Condrieu is a small, 500-acre, appellation just south of Côte Rôtie on the western bank of the Rhône River that produces only white...
Puglia, in Italy’s heel, is home to rich red wines, in part, because of the area’s warmth and sunshine. It is also home to...
Auxey-Duresses, a village slightly off Burgundy’s the beaten track, offers great values precisely for that reason. This white Burgundy punches far above its...
This is a fabulous value. Benjamin Leroux, the former winemaker at Comte Armand, the famed Pommard property, established his own estate in 2007. ...
This is the kind of wine that makes Rioja so popular. Nothing sticks out in this harmonious mid-weight wine. The balance of fruit and...
Niner has the luxury of having two winemakers who get to focus on specific wines, and Molly Bohlman takes the Burgundian varieties, and gets...
A touch of new oak and a touch of malolactic fermentation add complexity and depth in both aroma and flavor profiles. Lightly toasted French...
While we focus on value driven Malbec from Argentina, there are producers who know that some pretty nice Cabernet can be made as well,...
For me, good Malbec is about the tension between berry fruit and meaty, savory character, and it’s delivered in spades in this budget friendly...
There’s nice depth here for a fairly lightly extracted Syrah. Big cherry fruit, fall spice, pepper and wildflower aromas translate beautifully on the palate,...
An acid driven expression, with black cherry and cedar dominating the nose and the palate, and soft spice and dry earth notes...
Bootjack Ranch is out on the east side of the Paso Robles macro AVA in the Geneseo District, and this pure expression of the...