Roger Morris
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January 2, 2024
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 From the village of Seguret in the Dentelles de Montmirail of the Southern Rhône, this white is made of the typical blend of varieties...
Roger Morris
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January 2, 2024
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 One of the best Prosecco producers, Adami is credited in 1933 with making the first single-vineyard Prosecco with Vigneto Giardino.  Since then, single-vineyards crus...
John McDermott
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January 2, 2024
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 Joseph Phelps’ 2019 Insignia is decadently rich on the nose.  Cobbler-esque notes of baked blackberries, blueberries, cinnamon and vanilla all waft from the glass. ...
Roger Morris
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January 2, 2024
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 Casual drinkers who are nevertheless fanatic in their love of Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs often overlook the fact that the region makes Pinot Noirs as...
Roger Morris
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January 2, 2024
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 A lovely, elegant wine with more fruitiness than most Chianti Classico Riservas, yet it doesn’t lack for structure.  It has flavors of cherries, violets,...
Roger Morris
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January 2, 2024
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 Martinega is a monopole of this well-regarded producer, and it has yielded outstanding wines through the years.  This vintage is no different in that...
Miranda Franco
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January 2, 2024
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 Vitícola Mentridana is a family and friends project from Dani Landi (Comando G) and Curro Bareño (Ca’ di Mat and Fedellos).  The Cantos del...
Miranda Franco
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January 2, 2024
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 The 2019 Langhe Freisa Kyè is an elegant wine.  Freisa is a little-known Piedmontese red grape variety that’s vinified into many styles of wines. ...
Wayne Belding
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January 2, 2024
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 When you are in the mood for a big, round and smooth white wine, nothing beats a big, buttery California Chardonnay.  For 35 years,...
Wayne Belding
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January 2, 2024
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 The Malagouzia grape was rescued from near-extinction in the 1970s.  Since then, it has been carefully nurtured and re-established in the vineyards of northern...
Wayne Belding
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January 2, 2024
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 The Grosses Gewächs designation is reserved for the finest vineyards in Germany, and the 2021 Gunderloch bottling from the Pettenthal vineyard in Nierstein shows...
Rich Cook
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January 2, 2024
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 California “field blends” are a thing — a very common practice in the early days, it is a style that is still sought out...