Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
You may remember the days when the “store brand” at your favorite grocer was all that you could afford, and that sometimes the store...
Beautifully realized wine. It is fully ripe, but maintains subtle peppery character and some cedar spice notes that cut through properly brambly fruit on...
Fred and Jamie Peterson practice a zero manipulation approach to winemaking, preferring to the let vineyard tell its own story in the bottle. This...
Winemaker Rusty Folena’s continuing experiment with the Brunello clone of Sangiovese is very different vintage to vintage, as he’s always trying to let the...
A second label from Sierra Foothills pioneer Scott Harvey’s team, this might be an unexpected variety from the region, but this bottling shows that...
While the Finger Lakes are best known for Rieslings and other whites, their cool climate red wines deserve attention as well. Nathan Kendall of...
The Snake River Valley AVA was established in 2007 and encompasses over 8,000 square miles in Idaho and Oregon. The climate is sunny and...
This is a zesty and refreshing white from vineyards on the Atlantic Coast of northern Spain. Txakoli is famous for its formidable level of...
Fortunately, most people don’t translate the grape’s name, Xinomavro, (literally, sour back) before buying the wine. It is considered by many to be Greece’s...
Jancis Robinson in her encyclopedic Wine Grapes (Harper Collins 2012) reports that Mvarodafni is likely the Greece’s most well-known grape because of the sweet,...
Argyros, an old family winery founded in 1903, has a stellar reputation on Santorini. After tasting this racy Assyrtiko, I see why. Many consider...
The Abruzzo region is located in the middle of Italy’s boot. Its western border is the Adriatic Sea with the Appenine Mountain Range on...