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Kumusha: Deliciousness in “Your Home”

Kumusha produces a range of South African minimal-intervention wines that are very budget-friendly. They are tasteful, delicious wines that showcase what this great African country, with its climate so close to the Mediterranean’s or California’s, but with its own distinctive set of soils and local traditions, can produce.
Posted on July 24, 2024
Paul Olson
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Weingut Kopp: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Fairyland

These are special wines, very different from the usual Pinots and Chards we get from Burgundy or California. It’s this kind of diversity that makes the world of wine so much fun. 
Posted on July 17, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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An Homage to A Provençal Legend: Bedrock's 'Ode to Lulu' Rosé

The folks at Bedrock — one of California's great stewards of old vines — crafted “a love letter to Lulu” in the form of a Mourvèdre-based rosé, an homage to Tempier's benchmark version. Whole-cluster pressed and vinified in stainless steel, it has since become one of the most critically adored rosés made in the United States.
Posted on July 14, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Foillard: From Aha! To Plain Delicious

For many of us, a bottle of Jean Foillad Morgon Côte du Py was one of the first “aha” wines: a wine so transportive and delicious that it stops you in your tracks and forces you to examine your life priorities. It’s the kind of wine that gets people into the wine business itself.
Posted on July 10, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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User (and Food)-Friendly Georgian Wine

Dila-O’s mission is to get Georgian wine into the hands of more people, and give you a window into Georgian life. We always say that wine is a fantastic way to understand a place and the culture within, and Dila-O has allowed us to put forth a perfect example of that.
Posted on July 07, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Les Picasses 2017: Worth the Wait!

Even if you don't have anywhere to lay any bottles down, Raffault's "Les Picasses" is also an absolutely "outstanding" wine for drinking now. It's from a single vineyard of the same name – one of Chinon’s very finest. It's a site of pure, chalky "tuffeau" limestone, which gives a wine that is a different beast from the simpler bistro wines that mostly come from Chinon’s sandier and more gravelly sites.
Posted on July 03, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Copain: Pinot, Young and Mature

It's been seven years since Galloni reviewed this classic Pinot Noir from New Wave OG producer, Copain, and we couldn't believe it when we recently got the chance to taste a bottle and see if Galloni was right that the ideal drinking time was, well, now. Spoiler alert: he was right!
Posted on June 30, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Venica: Adventure at the Crossroads

Venica & Venica work specifically in Collio, a tract of land at the heart of these crossroads – so much so that the very vineyards have served as battlefields in the fight for territorial control among Austro-Hungarians, Yugoslavians, and Italian partisans. The soils of Collio are incredibly rich in minerals, and when you combine this with the Adriatic breeze and mountain freshness, you get some seriously delicious white wines.
Posted on June 26, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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Trediberri: 2020 Barolo

Trediberri, founded only in 2007, is one of the newest producers in the entire Barolo DOC. Yet the wines taste so utterly classical and traditional that you would never guess. The wines feel like they've been around for generations.
Posted on June 23, 2024
Floribeth Kennedy
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Valdiguie: California’s Secret Weapon Variety

Some, if not most, of you, are likely familiar with the grape formerly known as “Napa Gamay”, or as it is known today, Valdiguie. If you are one of those who is not, we would like to present you with one of our favorite affordable grapes. For the rest of you, a reminder that it exists, and has a place on your dinner table, especially as summer kicks in.
Posted on June 19, 2024
Paul Olson
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Bubbles from Von Winning

Von Winning is a superstar in the Riesling firmament, known for its Grand and 1er Cru single-vineyard bottlings which taste almost as much of the varied soils -- including basalt, sandstone, loess and, notable and rare, chalky limestone -- as they taste of the delectable Riesling fruit.
Posted on June 16, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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Our First Stop for Terrifically Minerally Muscadet is Jo Landron

Our First Stop for Terrifically Minerally Muscadet is Jo Landron

Today we have just that, made from one of Muscadet’s most iconic and beloved vignerons, Jo Landron. Once a pioneer of organic (and later, biodynamic) viticulture for the region, Landron is now a respected mentor to newer generations of Muscadet winemakers. A recent tasting of his wines confirmed that he’s also still making killer wine.
Posted on June 12, 2024
Josh Shapiro
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