Left Continue shopping
Your Order

You have no items in your cart

SF Local Blog: Wine & Spirits Stories, Events, Offers and more / Wine of the Week

Stylized image of Johannishof Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2016

Aged Riesling from the Rheingau

The wine is Johannis’ Feinherb from the 2016 vintage. Feinherb is an essentially dry style where a touch of residual sugar is allowed to remain in the wine to offer balance to razor-sharp acidities. It is beautifully representative not only of the Johannis philosophy but also the Rheingau region.
Posted on February 12, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Lopez de Heredia: We Cellar, You Drink

Lopez de Heredia: We Cellar, You Drink

2011 was a powerhouse vintage in Rioja, the kind that benefits from long aging. How convenient and thoughtful it was for López to cellar the wine for us. It’s just now entering its prime drinking window: its powerful structure is beginning to integrate, its intense flavors are starting to meld.
Posted on February 07, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Stylized image of Chateau Pegau Cotes-du-Rhone Cuvee Setier 2020

Pegau: From Chateuneuf-du-Pape to Cote-du-Rhone

Today, we go to the top of the Cotes-du-Rhone hierarchy. We have a villages-designated wine (above that designation, you are no longer a Cotes-du-Rhone, but rather something like Gigondas or a Vacqueyras), from old vines and a very famous producer: Pegau.
Posted on February 06, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Stylized image of La Gerla Brunello

Brunello di Montalcino: From Biondi-Santi to La Gerla

La Gerla takes a light and traditional touch in the cellar, but wants to make sure the wines are accessible and have broad appeal. There is no french oak here, and fermentations are kept fairly cool. The result is focused and polished Brunello that we are confident you will love.
Posted on January 31, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
Read more
Broc Cellars Makes you Rethink Cabernet

Broc Cellars Makes you Rethink Cabernet

When you think of California Cabernet, probably many things come to mind. Rich. Oaky. Expensive. Today’s wine will make you rethink the category.
Posted on January 28, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Gour de Chaule Gigondas Cuvee Eugene 2016

Gour de Chaule Gigondas Cuvee Eugene 2016

Gour de Chaule is a bastion of traditional wine-making in the AOC. Their history dates back to Great-Grandfather Eugene, who started the winery in 1900.
Posted on January 24, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Stylized image of Chateau La Rame Bordeaux Rouge 2019

Simple Pleasure from Bordeaux? Really?

Bordeaux is a big place, and today we’re going to travel many miles from the place where those kinds of more serious wines are made. Leave the Medoc and all its Rothschild splendor, cross the city of Bordeaux, and traverse up the Garonne river another 40 kilometers or so.
Posted on January 21, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Stylized image of Bietighofer Sauvignon Blanc Grande Reserve 2021

New Discovery: Natural Sauvignon Blanc from the Pfalz

If you’ve ever had the wonderful Sauvignon Blancs from Von Winning, you know that Germany’s Pfalz district (adjacent to Alsace in France) is very much capable of being a secret source of this noble grape. Today, we offer an alt version of Von Winning’s Sauvignon Blanc: an all natural gem made by Stefan Bietighofer.
Posted on January 17, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Rocks and Minerals from Domaine de Montbourgeau

Rocks and Minerals from Domaine de Montbourgeau

Over the decades, Montbourgeau has become known for their white wines; like the best in the region, they are complex with saline notes, waxy yellow fruit and, above all, tons of intense minerality. You can taste the terroir.
Posted on January 14, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Stylized image of Domaine du Trapadis Rasteau Rouge Les Cras 2019

Rasteau: Your New Years Value Red

The Domaine de Trapadis makes one of our favorite Rasteaus, as they produce wines that are pure-fruited, chiseled, and possess none of the heaviness that you get from some Rhones. Their wines are delicious cooler-weather wine, offering fruit that is generous and warming but never over-powering.
Posted on January 11, 2024
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Pecina: Traveling to Rioja

Pecina: Traveling to Rioja

Drive south of Bilbao, Spain and you will eventually emerge from the green, lush hills of Basque country and descend into what looks at first like a desert.You have arrived in Rioja, and it’s not really a desert but instead the most famous wine region of Spain.
Posted on December 27, 2023
Josh Shapiro
Read more
Vilmart: A Grower Champagne that Bucks the Trend

Vilmart: A Grower Champagne that Bucks the Trend

Champagne Growers aren’t limited to any one style, and we love what Vilmart brings to the table (ideally your dining room table): a Grower Champagne that is rich and luxurious. In fact, we recently had one of Vilmart’s importers come by the shop to indulge us in a blind tasting that featured Vilmart head-to-head against one of the most rich and luxurious wines of them all, Krug, and it was unquestionably the case that Vilmart’s was the better wine.
Posted on December 24, 2023
Josh Shapiro
Read more
215 results