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White Tempranillo was just discovered in an old vineyard around 30 years ago, and it's still fairly rare in Rioja and more rare still bottled all by itself. But delicious! This is all tank for freshness, showing lovely apricot,... Read More

Starts with rich Syrah from Darling, South Africa before being gently dealcoholized to 0.5%, retaining the earthy/fruity Syrah character with low residual sugar (2.5 g/l - wine is dry at 4 g/l or under). You'll enjoy the earthy... Read More

Organic/Bio Really good brunch bubbles! Or anytime bubbles, really, that you'll enjoy for the ripe strawberry and watermelon and baked raspberry fruit that delivers a big wallop of flavor but no sense of sweetness (it would... Read More

Organic/Bio Mariacristina and Isabella Oddero make outstanding, classical, Barolo in a darker, richer, style. Their 2020 is powerful and intense, with masses of black fruit, truffle and firm tannins. As Wine Spectator says in... Read More

After leaving Ravenswood, Joel Peterson created this project to make old-school wines from some of the same old-vine sites he used at Ravenswood. Fermentations are in redwood, yeast is native, punchdowns by hand, and the grapes... Read More

Organic/Bio The Ormanni family doesn't chase fame - they just make really delicious Chianti year-after-year and let us take it home at a fair price. As Vinous says in the 91 point review, it's a wine of real character.... Read More

Lower ABV Hanging out at a lakeside Trattoria enjoying fish straight from Italy’s Lake Garda, this is what you drink – Laguna Bianco. Ottella makes a fine example from the local grape, Turbiano (a relative of Trebbiano,... Read More

Lower ABV Hanging out at a lakeside Trattoria enjoying fish straight from Italy’s Lake Garda, this is what you drink – Laguna Bianco. Ottella makes a fine example from the local grape, Turbiano (a relative of Trebbiano,... Read More

A beautiful Cabernet Franc that melds New World fruit with subtle varietal character of green herbs/tobacco and some juicy bite. Wine Enthusiast describes it well in their 93 point review: I confess that the Rosa Mystica was my... Read More

Bierzo remains one of Spain’s most exciting regions and Mencia here delivers a perfect mix of ripe fruit and herbal complexity. This no-oak, super fresh, bottling is, as Wine Advocate says in the 92 point review, “among... Read More

We like Wine Spectator's description so much, we're going to use it here: Rich and bold up front, offering plenty of honeysuckle and spice notes. A drizzle of wildflower honey and a toast detail complement flavors of apricot... Read More

Organic/Bio Barbaresco's Serraboella vineyard – along with Montestefano – produces very “Barolo-like” wines, and here Paitin captures that power and tames it with a layer of finesses. From certified... Read More

The classic Spanish cured sausage, made with simple intredients: pork, pork casing, salt, garlic and pimenton (smoked paprika). Sure, you can use it in stews, scrambled eggs, or even tortilla espanole. But just sliced and nibbled... Read More

Organic/Bio My first thought tasting this Merlot-based Bordeaux blend from Spain’s Cava country was, “Like a Spanish super-Tuscan” but I can’t disagree with the Canadian journalist who went with “Combines... Read More

Organic/Bio This is from a tiny, tiny, plot of vines Andrea Franchetti planted in the Passochianche contrada around 3,000 feet done in large oak. Maybe “Puligny Montrachet meets the Santa Cruz Mountains” suggests the... Read More

I never met Andrea Franchetti, who died in December 2021 at the age of 72. But this wine sums up everything I’ve read and heard from his partners at Passopisciaro. “Poetic” and “wildly visionary”... Read More

Owned by Archery Summit, Arcus is on Worden Hill Rd in the Dundee Hills near Maresh, Powell Hill, Weber, Clos Electrique and Le Pavillon. For years the vineyard name was kept off the label at the owners' request, so the sourcing... Read More

Pretty much the essence of Dundee Hills Pinot, especially in a great vintage for Pinot on these Jory volcanic clay soils. Audrey Frick in JebDunnuck.com says in the 96 point rave, The 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard is a bright... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Always one of the best values in Willamette Valley Pinot, the Estate Old Vine bottling benefits in 2022 from frost damage that dropped yields to a ton per acre and a decision to put all of the best blocks... Read More

Unique among wines in the Patricia Green Cellar, this is a barrel selection - vs a single vineyard wine - that's made with extra lees contact and aged in 100% new French oak. In 2021, seven of 15 barrels came from the Estate... Read More

Organic/Bio All Jim Anderson does is make great Pinot Noir - especially in this wine that draws on some of the best vineyards of the Willamette Valley to make the winery's entry-level bottling. As Wine Advocate says in the... Read More

The late Patty Green loved Sauvignon Blanc and her co-founder/current Patricia Green winemaker Jim Anderson always makes one of the Willamette Valley’s best. In 2023 there’s a new label and even more fruit and wild... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This is so lovely and weightless it's hard to believe it's 100% whole cluster while the fruit is so ripely delicious it's a bit hard to believe it's from the Hautes Cotes! Crunch black fruits,... Read More

Lower ABV Patrick Giboulot has only been making wine from his family's Cote de Beaune vines since 2014, but the talent is definitely there. The rich raspberry and black cherry fruit here is balanced beautifully by accents... Read More

Organic/Bio Patrick Marillier began helping other Burgundy growers convert to organic farming in 1992 and began his own small cellar a few years later. Today his son, Stephane, uses the same minimalist winemaking approach from... Read More