Howell Mountain specialist Bravante makes tiny quantities of powerful, deep, mountain structured wines. Here roughly one-third each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot get extra perfume from 24% Cabernet Franc and lift from 7% Malbec.... Read More
What’s the fuss over Vintage Port all about? Simple – in a great harvest, Port winemakers are able to use the wines from their finest sites to make fortified reds that can improve in bottle for decades. And, with modern,... Read More
Organic/Bio Yes, it tastes like really good, expensive, vintage Champagne and sells for a remarkably good price – but there’s so much more going on here! From the Seyssel village in Savoie, it blends two mountain grapes... Read More
There's 50% less Pertimali Brunello in 2017 than usual due to a very strict selection in the vineyard and less power and structure, too. But the resulting wine is delicious Brunello already, full of flavor and flying across... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Does what Savigny-les-Beaune is all about - delivers a pretty, elegant, nicely fruited Burgundy Pinot Noir that's delicious now and for the next few years. Organic fruit grown on deep soils, fully destemmed... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
Montestefano is one of the Produttori’s steepest sites and one of the warmest. The high calcium content of the soil is more like Barolo’s Serralunga than the rest of Barbaresco, and the wine is more Barolo-like as... Read More
Located in the center of Barbaresco, not far from Asili, the site is the essence of Barbaresco in terms of soil, exposure, and elevation. At a class a few years ago, co-cellar master Luca Cravanzola caught everyone’s attention... Read More
Pora's mineral-rich clay/limestone soils and sunny exposure tends to give wines of muscular power and deep minerality. In sunny 2017, this is one of the most open and satisfyingly fleshy of the Produttori's Riservas.... Read More
A story so great it ALMOST overshadows the wine! In the 1980s, the Tavares family discovered 110 acres of nearly abandoned vineyards first planted in the 1600s in Alenquer, just northwest of Lisbon. After regrafting and resurrecting... Read More
Time in bottle has allowed the texture to really develop in this darkly fruited, spicy, single-vineyard Chianti Classico. An excellent match for steaks, roasts, stews.
Yes, this is really “too young” to show off everything it’s got. But that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty stellar! Warre’s is less overt than many other vintage ports, and that restraint just adds... Read More
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