Wine Reviews
Roger Morris
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March 5, 2024
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From a business sense, Flora Springs is an interesting case study, as it decided to spin itself off as a smaller, family winery maintaining...
Vince Simmon
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March 5, 2024
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The Capanna farm is a family-run vineyard and winery in the north of Montalcino. Their production focuses on traditional Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino...
Vince Simmon
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March 5, 2024
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Bindi Sergardi has been making wine for an astonishing 23 generations with origins dating back to 1349. Their wines are crafted in a very...
Vince Simmon
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March 5, 2024
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Ruchè was almost extinct 50 years ago but has seen a resurgence in the Piedmont region, thanks to winemaking priests at Castagnole Monferrato who...
Rebecca Murphy
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March 5, 2024
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Winemaker Kate Ayres has crafted an elegant, crisp Chardonnay with aromas and flavors of grapefruit, apple, and pear sourced from several areas of the...
Rebecca Murphy
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March 5, 2024
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Ever tasted a Riesling wine from Oregon? If the answer is no, one reason is that Riesling represents only 1% of Oregon’s planted acres,...
Rebecca Murphy
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March 5, 2024
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The appellation on the wine’s simply label says Oregon, but the grapes are grown in the Rogue Valley, which is south of the Willamette...
Norm Roby
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March 5, 2024
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For this wine, the Foppianos aim to replicate the kind of field blend that was so common in California’s early days. The “1896” is...
Roger Morris
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March 5, 2024
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Bordeaux blends of Rosés often come out somewhat awkward, as neither the flavors nor structure seems to want to be muted into a less-assertive...
Roger Morris
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March 5, 2024
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Like a growing number of foreign producers, Esporão serves as it own importer, an arrangement that allows the wine company more latitude in deciding...
Roger Morris
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March 5, 2024
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I’ve always admired Villa Maria for being a large-scale producer that never lets the quality slip on entry-level wines or allows us to be...
Roger Morris
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March 5, 2024
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A very light, elegant pink with creamy yet crisp strawberry and orange flavors that is very refreshing – and has an interesting provenance. Before...