2021 Wine between $25 and $50

How much you like this hangs on how you feel about gravelly tannins. If you like that texture, this blend of 75% Temparnillo, 20% Garnacaha and 5% white grapes done in large cask is definitely for you. It’s super complex... Read More

Lower ABV Master of Wine Andreas Kubach and his partners tend their 300 small parcels of old-vines in the Basque highlands of Rioja Alavesa with a simple goal: to capture the character of the region, villages in the region, and... Read More

Eruption is both the wine name and a warning of what to expect - because this bold, rich, blend of Malbec, Syrah, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah truly erupts with flavor! As the winery writes of the Volcano Ridge Vyd, It only makes... Read More

Organic/Bio We love cool wines from hot places, especially when they come from a grower like José Maria Vincente who are resurrecting abandoned vineyards to create something new. Here it's 100% Garnacha from a region... Read More

Organic/Bio Canon-Fronsac is one of the smallest named communes in Bordeaux and source of some of the most elegant yet structured values in the region. This one's a beauty, with deep purple berry fruit framed by notes of rich... Read More

Organic/Bio Wines from Catalonia’s Priorat region can be overwhelmingly intense, which makes this wide-open, delicious now, bottling especially attractive. It’s a blend of Garnacha, Cabernet, Merlot and Carignan from... Read More

Organic/Bio 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

Lower ABV As Burghound says, “If you're unfamiliar with the Thibert wines you owe it to yourself to try one of two examples as the best are excellent.” Here’s the place to start with a wine that draws on... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV We have two vintages of this wine and you NEED them both! From ungrafted vines on red slate with super high acidity (9.3 g/l) balanced by 64 g/l RS. As Wine Advocate says in the 94+ point review, it “opens... Read More

This 15 acre vineyard was planted in 2001 and purchased by Joe and Pat Campbell in 2009 where they built a home – and a clay tennis court. The east-facing Pommard and Dijon 115 vines give a terrific blend of rich red fruit... Read More

Lower ABV Utterly gulpable, but do slow down enough to pay attention to the delicious marriage of rich black fruit, sweet spice, and juicy freshness. Big yum here.... Read More

The origin story of Ruche is muddled, but it may have evolved in France’s Haute-Savoie before finding it’s real home in Italy’s Piemonte region but was more likely born in Monferato of a crossing of Croatina... Read More

Organic/Bio Elisabetta Fragiuoli has been making great wines from her vines on the hill overlooking San Gimignano since 1965. This is her Sangiovese from iron-rich soils and it packs a wallop of mineralty intensity underneath... Read More

This relatively young Chianti Classico estate (founded 2008) is making beautiful wines full of Chianti character with a touch of elegance and outstanding purity. It’s 100% Sangiovese done in large, old, oak casks. Full of... Read More

A beautiful take on Etna's Nerello Mascalese (100% here) and a bargain for a single-contrada red. Leans into Nerello's Nebbiolo-like side with lovely red fruit, lots of perfume, and fine tannins. As Wine Advocate says... Read More