Lower ABV The kind of excellent value in all-purpose, clean, fresh, and delicious Pinot Grigio that's getting harder and harder to find. Importer Lia Tolaini-Banville sources fruit from across the Veneto and ferments it cool... Read More
Always built to show well on the early side, the 2020 Barolo Lecinquevigne benefits from Damilano's plump and nicely fruit-filled house style. As Wine Spectator says in their 94 point review, Stitched with pure cherry and... Read More
Pecorino was the dominant white grape in the Marche for hundreds of years before it dwindled post-phylloxera in favor of more productive vines. Thought to be extinct, a few plants were rediscovered in the 1980s and today it's... Read More
This perennial Best Buy is delicious again in 2024, showcasing loads of ripe apple, pear and rpineapple fruit balanced by a squirt of citrus and dusty chalk minerality. We love how the pear and sea salt flavors really linger.... Read More
A wonderfully fresh and vivid style of (just barely) pink Champagne. Oeil de Perdrix means eye of the partridge and applies to a Champagne that picks up just a touch of color from black grapes in the press. The wine is given a... Read More
Organic/Bio For decades, the Dekeyne family sold their 5 HA of grapes from the Cote de Sezanne to large houses in Epernay and Reims until brothers Gael and Baptiste recently began to bottle their own Champagne. It's outstanding,... Read More
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This small and young house in the Cotes de Sezane is doing everything right from organic farming to meticulous winemaking and only bottling single vintage, single vineyard, wines. This is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV A stunning value in top-notch Muscadet from the important Chateau Thebaud Cru. Antoine Delaunay farms his vines organically, uses no sulfur in the winery until a tiny touch at bottling, and gives all his... Read More
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Ryan Deovlet's journey from baseball player to organic farmer in Australia to California winemaker is pretty fascinating. But not more fascinating that his Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Blanc! This is a kentic wine, meaning... Read More
A truly luxurious blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (59%) with Petit Verdot (29%), Cabernet Franc and Petit Sirah picked generously ripe and aged 20 months in 30% new French oak. The clear as a bell lavender, chocolate and blackberry... Read More
Vailia From created Desparada to make rich, flowing, deep, expressions of Central Coast wines from some of the region's very best vineyards. Sackcloth & Ashes has always been our favorite here as the deepest, richest, more... Read More
A luxurious and poised Mendoza blend of 75% Malbec and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon that’s ready for grilled or roasted meat served as fine dining – or just on the back deck! As Vinous says in the 92 point review, “The... Read More
Mendoza Malbec is a bit all over the place stylistically right now, so it’s a bit of a delight to taste this – what we’d call a “right down the middle” Malbec pretty much anyone can enjoy. The vines... Read More
Organic/Bio A fun party and cookout Malbec (80%) with a touch of Syrah spice (20%) and a bit of spice and softening from 8 months in French oak. Good dark fruit, nicely fleshy in feel, with generous blackberry, red plum and dark... Read More
A terrific Chardonnay with just the right balance of creaminess of texture, fresh fruit and golden butter caramel spice. Fine with food, fine solo - really, just very fine! As Jeb Dunnuck says in the 92 point review, Dierberg... Read More
Marachelle = practical joke and this is all about that kind of silly fun. It's 60% Durella - the native grape of this part of the Veneto - plus Chardonnay with second fermentation in bottle but then no disgorgement. Drinks... Read More
A great wine from a great vintage that's ready to go. As JancisRobinson.com reports, Disznókö's general manager László Mészáros says that 10 years old is about the time that Aszú... Read More
Dolin Vermouth's are pretty much the same today as they were when first introduced in 1821. Made from white wines and fresh and dried herbs and botanicals from Chambery, they are all complex, fresh, and just a delicious on... Read More
Dolin Vermouth's are pretty much the same today as they were when first introduced in 1821. The red vermouth is frankly sweet but with plenty of bright acidity and bitter herb at the end to keep things fresh. A touch of cherry/berry... Read More
Lower ABV Fifth-generation winegrower Cyril Gautheron’s home is across the road from the Fourneaux vineyard, so he certainly knows this sunny site well! Here he’s crafted a classic 1er cru Chablis, showcasing the region’s... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV The 3HA plot of 50 year-old vines across from Mont de Milieu was meant to be a test for the winery’s conversion to organic farming. But the wine was so good that today it’s bottled on its own.... Read More
Lower ABV I certainly wouldn’t try to tell the 2023 Chauveau Pouilly Fume La Charmette apart from a $40+ Sancerre when tasting blind. Not surprising: its from the same Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Kimmeridgian marl and limestone... Read More
Organic/Bio This is sunshine in a bottle and for winemakers in Burgundy, 2022 came as “a year of relief,” or at least according to the Berthelemot family. There is a freshness about this wine that just makes you get... Read More
Organic/Bio Only 1er Cru for white since 2001, Sous Fretille is on the limestone rich and south-facing lower slopes of a hill next to Corton. Made all in barrel (25% new), it’s a lovely, almost delicate, expression of white... Read More
Organic Julien Bertrand grows great Beaujolais and then gets it in the bottle with as little fuss as possible. The approach turbocharges everything we hope for in Bojo, giving plump fruit with just-right crunch and bite, a handful... Read More
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