Vince Simmon
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December 5, 2023
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 Brouilly is Beaujolais’ largest Cru, covering 1,300 hectares in an area surrounding Mont Brouilly.   Despite the pandemic, 2020 was an excellent year for Gamay...
Norm Roby
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December 5, 2023
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 Best known for Syrah, Stolpman turns out to be a strong advocate of Roussanne.  As for background and an introduction, the winery notes that...
Rebecca Murphy
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December 5, 2023
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 This enticing wine is made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes grown in Mitsuko’s Vineyard in the cool-climate Carneros region.  It has a pale...
Roger Morris
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December 5, 2023
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 I have long been a fan of including Syrah in Bordeaux-grape blends ever since I first tasted such combos from Australia in the early...
John McDermott
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December 5, 2023
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 Domaine de la Côte is one of Rajat Parr’s and Sashi Moorman’s esteemed projects, focused Pinot Noir.  Its estate wine, DDLC, is a blend...
John McDermott
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December 5, 2023
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 Villa Geulpa’s Lessona is a fun and approachable example of Northern Italian Nebbiolo.  True to form, this wine brings out typical Nebbiolo aromas of...
John McDermott
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December 5, 2023
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 La Chablisienne’s 1er Cru Fourchaume is rather bold for Chablis.  It shoots out of the gates with a complex and potent aromatic bouquet of...
Wayne Belding
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December 5, 2023
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 Fine Sauternes is one of the wine world’s great taste treats.  It is a marvelously opulent, sweet and intriguing category of dessert wines.  The...
Michael Franz
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December 5, 2023
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 In terms of its physical properties and its flavor profile, this flagship wine from Jaraba doesn’t seem all that different from the wonderful “Selección...
Michael Franz
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December 5, 2023
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 Silky and marvelously graceful for all the flavor and pleasure that it delivers, this is an obviously well-made wine sourced from skillfully grown fruit. ...
Roger Morris
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December 5, 2023
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 Are you old enough to remember the Coors Light holiday commercial featuring Leslie Nielsen in pink, fuzzy house slippers?  The one in which he...
Andrew Holod
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December 5, 2023
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 This is an interesting wine, focusing on an expression of the estate, per the winery’s website.  The production inputs are that the fruit was...