Wine Reviews
Michael Apstein
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January 16, 2024
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Frescobaldi, a name synonymous with quality in Tuscany, has established this estate in Montepulciano. It’s really a return to Montepulciano for them since Leonardo...
Michael Apstein
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January 16, 2024
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Séguret, a beautifully perched village in the southern Rhône valley, is one of 22 villages allowed to add their name to the Côtes du...
Rebecca Murphy
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January 16, 2024
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The Marchive family have created an elegant wine with delicate aromas of Meyer lemon,white peach and grapefruit with chalky, vanilla, floral notes. It displays...
Rebecca Murphy
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January 16, 2024
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This single variety Sangiovese Chianti Classico is the winery’s flagship wine. It has a medium ruby color and flavors of red cherry, with notes...
Rebecca Murphy
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January 16, 2024
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Primofiore means “first flower,” an appropriate name for the Quinarelli’s first wine released each year. It is a blend of 50% Corvina and Corvinone,...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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I am a big fan of winemaker Nate Klostermann’s ability to shepherd sparkling wines into a style I will call "forceful elegance." It’s on...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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Here is a true Blanc de Noirs — made with no white grapes in the blend — and it’s a very pretty one at...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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Very compelling bubbly — an initially gentle floral nose evolves into a bright, fruit driven aromatic profile with a little time in the glass. ...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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This tasty Blanc de Blancs is sourced from the Kiser Block of Sangiacomo Vineyard’s Chardonnay, and it was handled in such a way as...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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Another winner from the Central Coast in 2021, boldly structured and fruit driven, with rich texture, well folded oak and great length. It is...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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Opolo’s “macro AVA” Cabernet offering needs no small percentages of other varieties to make things work here. The fruit is up to a nice...
Rich Cook
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January 16, 2024
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Aaron Pott, whose former credits include famed producers in Napa and Saint-Emilion, brings us this full throttle offering in the new school Napa style...