Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 8, 2016
2012 Becker Family, Pinot Noir, Pfalz Germany. One of the sweetest deals in great Pinot Noir is the basic Spatburgunder Trocken from Becker, and this lovely and lush 2012 is…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 7, 2016
2014 Nicolas-Jay, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The new Meo-Camuzet Oregon project, the Nicolas-Jay Pinot Noir is out, and it is a brilliant and luscious wine with deep fruit and…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 6, 2016
2015 Weingut Leitz, Rose of Pinot Noir, Rheingau Germany. Johannes Leitz’s Trocken Spatburgunder Rose is lively and full of bright mineral and vibrant summer fruit with a tangy crisp character.…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 5, 2016
2006 Carlo Giacosa, Barbaresco, Montefico, Piedmonte, Italy. The Montefico block is a tiny Cru site on a very sleep slope with white dusty soils making the Carlo Giacosa Montefico a…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 4, 2016
2014 Louis Barruol-Kermit Lynch, Cote Rotie, Neve, Northern Rhone, France. The latest set of Barroul-Lynch Syrahs from Crozes-Hermitage and Cote Rotie are stunning and wines that are pure and alive…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 3, 2016
2015 L’ Argentier-Elisabeth & Francois Jourdan, Rose of Aramon, Vieilles Vignes, Languedoc France. While less intense than the 2014 the Aragon Rose old vines from vignerons Elisabeth & Francois Jourdan…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 2, 2016
2013 Murdoch Hill Wines, Pinot Noir, The Single Vineyard Phaeton, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The small batch hand made Pinot from Oz The Phaeton by Murdoch Hills Wines is a…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 1, 2016
2015 La Spinetta, Il Rose di Casanova, Toscana Rosato, Italy. The intensely vivid and vibrant La Spinetta Il Rose di Casanova is much more serious and crisp than prior vintages,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 30, 2016
2012 Chateau de Chassagne Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, White Burgundy, France. A full bodied and beautifully detailed white Burgundy with loads of charm and classic character the Bader-Mimeur family’s Chateau de Chassagne…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 29, 2016
2015 Denis Jamain Domaine de Reuilly, Pinot Gris, Reuilly, Loire Valley, France. While not technically a Rose really, the skin contact Jamain Pinot Gris has a pale orange/salmon pinkish hue…