Roger Morris
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October 15, 2024
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As I have noted before, many Chianti Classico producers have begun to up their game after too many ho-hum Gran Selezione offerings, and this...
Wayne Belding
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October 15, 2024
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Corbières is a wide ranging appellation in the south of France and there are many styles of wine made here. One of the finest...
Rich Cook
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October 15, 2024
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An under-sung variety that plays a role in some of the great California filed blends get the spotlight on its own here, and it...
Michael Franz
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October 15, 2024
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Whether you buy this rosé from the Languedoc or the higher-end Provence release from Gregory Hecht and François Bannier, you’ll get a delicious wine...
Roger Morris
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October 15, 2024
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As a guy who prefers his fruitiness black and purple, it is sometimes difficult me to cozy up to the sometimes in-your-face red fruit...
Norm Roby
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October 15, 2024
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This is a Bordeaux blend made from vines only grown on calcium-rich soils. In 2020, over a dozen blocks were separately harvested and went...
Vince Simmon
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October 15, 2024
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The 2016 Narrator is a Mourvèdre-dominant, so-called “GSM” blend – Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre – but I’ll stick with GSM rather than going with...
Michael Apstein
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October 15, 2024
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There’s insipid Pinot Grigio and then there’s the real thing, like this one from Ronchi di Manzano, which made the varietal so popular. Unlike...
Wayne Belding
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October 15, 2024
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Although the Pico Maccario estate was only established in 1997, the Maccario family has been growing Nebbiolo grapes for generations. Their south-facing Barolo vineyard...
Rich Cook
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October 15, 2024
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This new project in Lodi touts zero sugar, zero carbs wines, which means no residual sugar is left at the end of fermentation, or,...
Miranda Franco
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October 15, 2024
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The 2019 Grenache from Oakville Ranch Vineyard, adorned with iconic artwork by Stanley Mouse – famed for his iconic Grateful Dead posters and album...
Roger Morris
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October 15, 2024
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Arkenstone is one of the premier and relatively new generation of wineries located on Howell Mountain, although this wine is a blend of grapes...