Domaine Trotereau: Master of Sauvignon
Here’s a common wine world question: does Sauvignon Blanc age well? The answer is a resounding yes.
Maurer & Kasnyik: Brothers from The Blue Danube
The four orange wines below are amongst the most unique wines I’ve had the pleasure to taste. They are the product of extremely hardworking folks with generational thinking in mind. The health of the soil, preserving native grapes, and creating a good life that surrounds it all are paramount. It also helps that the wines are delicious.
Marcel Lapierre, Morgon Cuvée N
The good news is that we have secured a nice quantity; the bad news is that no matter what, we never have enough.
Rabasco Cancelli Rosso: Unbridled Montepulciano
In Abruzzo, on the Southern Adriatic coast, lives a most inspired woman, Iole Rabasco. In the early 2000’s, Iole assumed control of her father's small conventional winery. She knew that she wanted to take things in a different direction.
Vaskapu Kastély: The New Southern Hungarian Wines
These wines are alive and wild with delicious flavors both familiar and wholly new.
Meinklang: Giving Voice to the Land
From their work on the farm and in the cellar all the way through to the choice of label on each bottle, the Michlits family fully embodies the biodynamic ideal of integrative agriculture that nourishes the land as it nurtures production.
Morgado do Quintao: Coastal Wines from Southern Portugal
For those in the know, Portugal has been the go to stop for delicious inexpensive wine from grapes varieties rarely seen outside of its borders.
The Masterful Mountain Wines of Clos Saron
The results are nothing less than spectacular; wines that are deeply concentrated and complex yet never heavy.
The Rite of Swick; Uniquely Delicious Wine from Oregon and Washington
Like Spring itself, the arrival of Swick is a sign that good times are just around the corner.
Les Capriades: Masters of Fizz
For lovers of the sparkling wines made the old school way, Les Capriades need no instruction. They produce what are considered by many to be the best method ancestral wines (pet-nats) produced anywhere in the world.
Amorotti = Beauty and Nature in Abruzzo
“This is the next Conterno” or “it tastes just like Raveneau” are the kinds of hyperbole I hear all the time. But sometimes, every once in a while, they are right on. This was the case when I was introduced to the beautiful wines of Amorotti.
Arnot Roberts Rosé
The weather the last few days has us thinking that spring is arriving, and this might possibly be a spring where hope and new beginnings are not just figurative, but quite literal.