Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
I would imagine that the success of Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand has locals occasionally pining for something else to satisfy their cravings for...
Betting on two seemingly long shots, Riesling and Grüner Veltliner, Zocker, which roughly translates as “gamble," made 2,000 cases of Grüner in this vintage. ...
This is a member of the Tasca d’Almerita family of Sicilian wines, created in 2008 in the hills near Palermo. It’s a very smooth...
Carbonic-macerated Californian Sangiovese isn’t something that you come across every day but maybe it should be. Stolpman Vineyard’s “Love You Bunches’ carbonic Sangiovese is...
Rivers-Marie’s 2018 Chardonnay is fun and refined at the same time. Scents of golden apple and pineapple come through, fading into classic notes of...
Chateau Leroy-Beauval’s Bordeaux Superieur is a fair value at $25. A Merlot-dominate blend (70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon), this wine...
Both the Cabernet Franc and this Syrah in the Gran Reserva "Cromas” line are so well grown and made that I found it impossible...
My clear sense is that the “Lafite” side of the Rothschild family took a long time to really get its footing and start making...
This is the first sparkling wine produced by the talented winemaker Devyani Gupta in the Washington outpost owned and overseen by the Spanish wine...
As I (perhaps too) often said before, those who love the tastes of well-made everyday red Bordeaux blends should drink more Rioja Crianza. This...
Over the last decade, Luca Sanjust’s Petrolo has become one of Tuscany’s most revered estates, with Wine Spectator calling this top cuvée, Galatrona, the...
South Africa’s third most planted red variety, Pinotage, is experiencing a renaissance. This 2018 Reserve Pinotage is from Nondumiso Pikashe, who runs Ses’Fikile Wines,...