The best Quality-Price-Ratio (QPR) California Pinot Noir we’ve tasted in years! It’s from one of the Central Coast’s very first Pinot Noir vineyards, Mission Ranch in the Salinas Valley planted in 1961. Fifty-five... Read More
Lower ABV In 2000, Andreas Adams revived his grandfather’s long defunct estate with grapes from this tiny plot in Dhroner Hofberg. Today his sister has joined and holdings are up to 12 acres, including this original patch... Read More
Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More
Wicked good dry Riesling here from a fine single vineyard in the heart of Austria's Wagram region. Smells great and tastes even better, with bold notes of just squeezed lime, ripe peach, crushed slate and a nice sprinkling... Read More
Rich and creamy Russian River Chardonnay with spiced pear fruit and juicy accents of fresh butter and cream. Hard to resist for fans of more full-bodied Chardonnay!
As always, this is a classic Dolcetto with nice purity and the guts to handle rustic foods like salami and burgers. As Vinous said of the 2020, The Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco dell'Oriolo is a very pretty, gracious wine built... Read More
As always, a benchmark interpretation of Virginia's most prominent red wine grape made in a rich but balanced and highly drinkable style. The 92 point review of the 2020 gives you a great idea of what to expect: Charming aromas... Read More
One of Washington’s oldest family-run wineries has a deft hand with Cabernet Sauvignon, including blending in 10% Merlot and 7% Syrah and getting lots of flavor at <14% alcohol. This is fun and party Cabernet, full of... Read More
Organic/BioLower ABV Ridiculously delicious and our only complaint here is that we couldn't get all we wanted. Brilliant ripeness and fruit bound up in almost steely minearlity and finishing long, ripe, mineral and mouthwatering.... Read More
If you think this is impressive right now (and it is!), just wait until you give it some time in decanter or a year or two in cellar. Plenty of succulent fruit but also amazing old-vine intensity from a large does of the vineyard's... Read More
A delicious super-Tuscan red from Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot with a perfect mix of dark fruit and sweet spice balanced by very Italian flair and zest. A refreshing wine for steak and richer... Read More
A terrific value Cabernet from Alexander Valley, north of Napa. Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with splashes of Malbec and Petit Verdot, this pairs rich blackberry and currant fruit with Alexander Valley’s signature... Read More
Lower ABV Back in 1976, when Verdjo was nearly extinct in Rueda, Angel Rodriguez took cuttings from this dying 17th century vineyard and propagated them to keep the varietal alive. This is from those cuttings and if you want to... Read More
Lower ABV In the cooler 2021 vintage, this is a lovely, handcrafted, classically-styled Albarino that will certainly shine with shellfish but is also just delicious to drink. There's a nice sense of fleshiness to the mango... Read More
Robert Parker called the 2011 edition of this perennial favorite value red, “Possibly the single greatest dry red wine value in the world.” Having tasted every vintage since then, we think this is one of the best releases... Read More
Lower ABV From the massive tangle of vines in Aragon – think Calatayud, Campo de Borja – that gives us so many really yummy, surprisingly cheap, values.This is from Cariñena, the region named for it’s... Read More
From a cool Paso site just 15 miles off the ocean and at 1,000 feet elevation, this is just lovely California Cabernet. There’s plenty of texture here – a sense of roundness and flesh – and dark currant and black... Read More
Lower ABV It’s so tempting to call this “baby Puligny Montrachet” that…well, what the heck. It’s baby Puligny Montrachet from a trio of vineyards that all abut the village AOC boundary. Like his... Read More
In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More
In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More
Organic/Bio Wine Advocate (93 points) called this “great value” at $21 – it’s even better at this deal! It’s from the high, hot, plains of Jumilla in southern Spain where Monestrell (called Mourvedre... Read More
Canniaolo has been growing in Chianti for a long time - maybe longer than Sangiovese - but it probably would have gone extinct in the 20th century if not for the legal requirement that Chianti Classico had some other red grapes... Read More
The hills above Carcassonne enjoy full-on Languedoc sunshine and heat but also the kind of cool sea breezes that help shapes Bordeaux. The grapes are “Mediterranean” Grenache and Syrah and “Atlantic” Cabernet... Read More
Grown just north and east of Napa, most Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon ends up as part of the allowable 20% of non-AVA fruit in “Napa” Cabernet. Here it shines mostly solo as the main component in this delicious, ripe,... Read More
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