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One of the great stories in Alto Piemonte as new owners purchased a semi-abandoned Nebbiolo vineyard in 2004 and nursed it back to life. This 2016 is ready to roar. As Vinous says in the 95 point rave, “The 2016 Bramaterra... Read More

The legendary German wine estate Leitz also creates some of the most highly lauded no-alcohol wines available anywhere. The secret is good quality base wine with the alcohol removed through a slow, gentle, vacuum process. Who... Read More

The legendary German wine estate Leitz also creates some of the most highly lauded no-alcohol wines available anywhere. The secret is good quality base wine with the alcohol removed through a slow, gentle, vacuum process. “Intense... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Swiss native and former woodworker Sylvain Liotard is up to something very special in the Alpine vineyards of France's Savoie region. He farms small lots of vines intensely and with manic care, using... Read More

From Mendocino fruit, this semi-carbonic Syrah gives the savory complexity of Northern Rhone examples with the cheerful dose of crunchy, ripe, fruit you get from Beaujolais. A juicy, spicy, lifted nose pulls you into a wine that... Read More

Lower ABV Same wine, new label/name. A delightfully aromatic wine, with loads of fresh fruit flavors bursting from the glass. It is sweet, but beautifully balanced by the wine's effervescence and acidity. Being frizzante,... Read More

Excellent value in right down the middle Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. The whole valley is represented here, with fruit from Cascade Foothills, Corvallis, Carlton, Amity and Laurelwood, all aged in old oak. Shows more fresh, crisp,... Read More

From one of Barbaresco’s best sites, this is super elegant and even Burgundian Nebbiolo redolent of sweet red fruits and loads of complex earth and spice accents. A cool ferment and relatively short stay in large cask –... Read More

It's tempting to market this with a Gaja connection - Giordano shares the amphitheater-sharped Cavanna vineyard with Gaja, who blends the wine into its normale Barbaresco. But the style here is kind of anti-Gaja, all about... Read More

Lower ABV Giovanni Giordano was, at best, a “visionary” when he decided to start growing grapes in the very depressed commune of Barbaresco in the 1930s. And his son, Luigi, was close to nuts to start bottling and... Read More

Lower ABV You may well remember that the original “recipe” for Tuscany’s Chianti Classico included the famed Sangiovese blended with softer red grapes and a splash of white grapes to balance Sangiovese’s... Read More

A collaboration between Master Sommelier Sara Floyd and the Pisoni Family, gives a nicely ripe and stylish Napa Cab that will shine at table. Plenty of concentration black cherry/berry fruit, and touches of clove, vanilla and... Read More

A beautiful Manzanilla from Ramiro Ibañez and Willy Pérez, who are 20 years into a project to restore classic Sherry styles and (literally) write the book on Sherry's past. Production is tiny, with just 125cs... Read More

Another great release of this, our all-time best-selling premium California Chardonnay. As always, it blends fruit from across the Sonoma Coast AVA including Carneros, the southern Russian River and cooler sites to the west. As... Read More

Even though it’s one of the larger villages of the Cote d’Or (only Meursault, Gevrey and Beaune give more wine), Sauvigny-les-Beaune is easy to overlook. The south-facing slopes make it fairly easy to get good ripeness... Read More

Lower ABV You rarely read winemakers’ notes here, but this one is too good even edit: “To enjoy the Marie’s cuvée, you have to enjoy simple things. Direct and immediate things. This wine is mainly about... Read More

Since Enrico Mandiorla's grandfather founded the estate in 1913, the once rare and now resurgent Timorasso grape has been the focus. And this one is pure brilliance. The grape gives wines of deep texture and complex non-fruit... Read More

As Champagne expert says of Marc Hebrart’s Champagnes, “If you like to think about your wines, they’re intellectually engaging enough to satisfy you; on the other hand, if you’re just looking to drink,... Read More

Hebrart wines always perfectly marry intellectual levels of complexity and intensity with sheer hedonistic joy of drinking. The 2019 Special Club is a 60/40 Pinot Noir/Chardonnay blend and is, as Galloni says in the 94 point Vinous... Read More

We always love this wine from one of Chassagne's best producers and its highest-altitude 1er Cru. As Vinous says in the 93-95 point review, The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Virondot 1er Cru is habitually one of the Domaine's... Read More

Doug Margerum's flagship wine is a stunner in 2023! The 5 is for the Rhone grapes in the blend: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, and Counoise. The Vinous 94 point rave sums it up nicely: The 2023 Red Blend M5 is... Read More

Margerum's Uber Syrah - a co-ferment from all the best vineyards Doug works with acrosss the Central Coast. As each parcel of fruit arrives at the winery, approximately 10% of each pick and each clone is separated and added... Read More

Maybe the most convincing no-alcohol wine we've tasted to date comes from Austria's Traisental region and their version of the Muscat grape. This has a big, spicy, perfume with tart stone fruit at the core and flavors... Read More

Lower ABV Markus Molitor is one of the Mosel Valley's most lauded producers with more than a dozen 100 point ratings for his dry, off-dry, and - especially - sweet Rieslings. Like here, in a 20 year-old sweet Mosel Riesling... Read More