Wine

We love picking out the perfect bottle to match every wine-lover's palate. But sometimes we know it can be fun to focus on the wines that get loads of favorable attention from the wine press. So here are a dozen bottles -... Read More

La Vizcaína is the name of the winery Raul Perez created to explore the hillside vineyards around his hometown of Vatuille de Abajo. All are from vines 40 years or older and the reds are all field blends of Mencia (most)... Read More

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

The Kerner grape was created in 1929 as a cross between Riesling and Trollinger (Schiava) by a German researcher attempting to strengthen Riesling’s resistance to late spring frosts. A bit of a failure in Germany, it reached... Read More

The world's third-oldest continuously operating winery knows a thing or two about coaxing loads of flavor and zest from Pinot Grigio grown on the slopes of Italy's Dolomite Mountains. In 2021, a core of super-ripe melon... Read More

The kind of wine that smells expensive and then delivers the palate experience that backs up the promise. Bold and rich and well spiced, this is already satisfying (with an hour's decant) as a Napa Cab replacement for grilled... Read More

Organic/Bio Terrasses du Larzac is possibly the most exciting slice of the Languedoc these days, taking advantage of cool air flowing in nightly from mountains to the north to balance the sunny, warm, Mediterranean days. This... Read More

Organic/Bio Just a really good, all-purpose, house red here with an easy-access screwtop closure and easy on the wallet savings price. The quality here is unsurprising, because the Jaume family consistently puts their name on... Read More

Macedonia’s Xinomavro grape can be pretty firm and grippy, but here’s it’s tamed by time in new French oak. Big aromas and flavors of dark cherries, blackberries, orange peel and wild herbs flow beautifully across... Read More

Part of luxury brand Alpha Omega's Collective Series, this is a delightfully rich Chardonnay with oodles of ripe stone fruit and baking spice on the nose. Textured and borderline opulent without sacrificing acidity or freshness.... Read More

Organic/Bio At once wonderfully fresh and deeply earthy, this 100% Temparnillo is full of ripe fruit and finishes with a savory, meaty, character with no obvious oak. A terrific cookout red!... Read More

As the winery writes, Andrew Murray has been singularly and nearly maniacally focused on crafting Syrah for 25 years. His Everyday (in French Syrah “Tous les Jours”) Syrah from Santa Ynez gives you a good idea of how... Read More

Organic/Bio Anne Pichon crafts this lovely, gutsy, 100% Grenache from certified organic vines growing at the base of Mt Ventoux, right next door to the region’s flagship winery, Pesquie. The fruit is picked at night to preserve... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Ah-so THIS is what Willamette Valley Pinot Gris is supposed to taste like! From an organically farmed vineyard south of Salem, it's fermented and aged 50/50 in stainless steel and older French oak with... Read More

Organic/Bio The most mind-blowing Pinot Gris from the slightly insane grazing-based grape grower Stephen Hagen. As Wine Enthusiast said of the 93 point Perpetua I last year, “It's complex and leesy, with pear and melon... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV As a staff, we love the wines coming from Antiquum Farm and this wine is no exception! Stephen's Pinot Gris can range in colors all on the same vine and sometimes even the same berries. The resulting... Read More

Organic/Bio There are no other Willamette Valley Pinots like Stephen Hagen's Antiquum Farm wines, and no other Antiquum Farm wine like this. Here he's seeking to capture the essence of his unique vines and the remarkable... 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

Organic/Bio In the past, Passiflora was the Antiquum Farm wine that made Willamette Valley Pinot Noir fans scratch their heads and mutter, Wait - what? There’s some of that in the 2021 edition, but just a touch more restrained,... Read More

Lower ABV The best edition of one of our most popular Grüner Veltliner ever. Unlike most Austrian Grüner Veltiner that you’ll see at bargain prices, this isn’t a blend of younger vines or wine from less favored... Read More

Lower ABV This is very high-end Gruner with depth and richness and intensity that lacks only the price of the most famous wines in Austria. From perfectly ripe grapes grown in the famous Wagram Ried Rosenberg vineyard, this is... Read More

One of Austria's most consistently highly-rated Pinot Noirs is also one of the world's finest Pinot Noir values! From Austria's Wagram region and two-time Austrian Winemaker of the Year Anton Bauer, this is 100% Pinot... 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

Tony Bauer is best known here for his whites, but his red wine success (in the very white wine region of Wagram) is one key reason he was Austria's Winemaker of the Year in 2017. This is sort of an Austrian Cotes du Rhone,... Read More

AR Lenoble takes extra time with their pink fizz, so this is based on vintage 2015 with juice from a continuous reserve aged 5 years in magnum before blending and spending another 5 years on the lees. It's 94% Grand Cru Chardonnay... Read More