2025 Wine

Lower ABV An ENORMOUS amount of wine for the money here, in 100% Malbec grown carefully at high altitude and then made in steel to let the grape and place shine through. Black-fruited on the nose and palate with fine complexity... Read More

Lower ABV Pretty much exactly what you’d want to drink with seafood and sunset on the Greek Island of Evia. Blending salty Assyrtiko with fragrant Viognier, it serves up generous aromas of white peach and apricot and a burst... Read More

Giving a grand holiday wine gift can be easy - just snap up one of our Holiday Classics Samplers! Inside you'll find 12 classic Holiday wines - 6 white, 6 red - all with elevated style and quality ready to enjoy with seasonal... Read More

Organic/Bio Gilles Pons and his team just keep improving the quality of what is already the best Provençal rosé we know of. By thoughtful pruning and meticulous organic farming, he manages to pick Grenache and Cinsault... Read More

Lower ABV Chased out of post-phylloxera vineyards by higher-yielding Trebbiano, Pecorino was thought to be extinct until a few very old vines were discovered in the mid-1980s. Today it's arguably the flagship white of Italy's... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The sister/brother team of Aurelie and Thibaut Giraudon grow wine on about 60 acres in Chitry, just outside of Chablis in northern Burgundy. Thibaut harvests each plot of their 15 acres of Pinot when the... Read More

Lower ABV Try to imagine what a rose of Pinot Noir from Chablis would smell and taste like. From rose of Pinot expect the bright and crunch griotte cherry Burgundy is famous for, some tangy stone fruit, a bit of cherry pit bite.... Read More

Traveling to Uruguay in search of Albarino delivers something a little different! To be honest, it smells more like Sauvignon Blanc with some wild grapefruit and fresh herb notes. Then Albarino's classic melon, white peach... Read More

Lower ABV “What’s up, d’Oc?” is the kind of thing Randall Grahm might say, an organically grown carrot, dangling from his lower lip, pressed into service in lieu of a Gauloise, as he begins a conversation... Read More

Lower ABV It's tempting to think of Txakoli as kind of a Basque take on Vinho Verde. But despite often sharing a touch of spritz, Txakoli is uniquely delicious, mineral and compelling. Like here in a blend of 40% Hondarrabi... Read More

Lower ABV Blending Blends Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault and Counoise, this is about as Provençal as rose gets. As Vinous said in the 91 point review of last year's release, flashy and tropical, certainly not... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Before our note, here's how Elisabetta Fagiuoli writes about her lovely rose: A moment of happiness, far from whites and reds, from labels and conformity: It's the aperitif that opens lines of communication,... Read More

Lower ABV Just exactly what you’re expecting in Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, which isn’t surprising since the winery here was a Marlborough pioneer in the 1970s. Loads of citrus – lemon, lime, grapefruit –... Read More

Lower ABV Yes, it’s from Virginia and made from 100% Lemberger (aka Austria’s Blaufrankisch) grapes, but as cool as that is, it’s not why this is on the rosé rack. The wine’s crazy delicious! Wild... Read More

Organic/Bio Prime vineyards in the Rapaura region of Marlborough's Wairau Valley. Certified organic farming. Pre-dawn harvesting. Cool fermentation in tank and 4 months on the lees for richness. We could go on about the careful... Read More