Month: October 2015

2014 Salvo Foti-I Vigneri 1435, Vini Rosso IGT, Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy. The wines made by Foti and the rites of I Vigneri are all natural and the grapes are…

2011 Oddero, Barbaresco DOCG “Gallina” Piedmonte, Italy. It was great meeting the youngest of the Oddero’s Pietro and taste the latest releases from this great Piedmonte winery, in a few…

2014 Richard Betts “Sucette” Grenache, Vine Vale-Barossa Valley, Australia. Richard Betts, the well known American Master Sommelier and author, has been a long time champion of Australian old vine Grenache…

2011 Christiane Chambeyron-Manin, Cote-Rotie, Cote Brune, Rhone Red, France. This is a stunningly beautiful example of Cote-Rotie with life and vigor showing wonderful detail and full stem inclusion aromatics and…

2014 Tatomer, Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County. In a few short years Graham Tatomer has given us amazing Gruner Veltliner and Riesling offerings to ponder and be thrilled by, helping…

2014 Magna Mater, Sauvignon Blanc, Vogelzang Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley. The beautiful and beguiling Sauvignon Blanc, from the very talented Jordan Fiorentini, the winemaker at one of California’s brightest Rhone…

2014 Maxime Magnon, La Demarrante, Vin de Pays de la Vallee du Paradis, France. Whatever your feelings on “natural” wine or biodynamics, this wine and Maxime Magnon might move the…

2012 G.D. Vajra, Dolcetto D’ Alba DOC, Coste & Fossati, Piedmonte, Italy. The Vajra Dolcetto Coste & Fossati is like the Grand Cru of Dolcetto, it is very unlike any…

nv Hure Freres, Extra Brut, Reserve Champagne, a Ludes, France. This Extra Brut Reserve from Hure Freres displays rich yeasty elegance with dense power and vitality of mineral tones and…

2013 Cobb, Pinot Noir, Rice-Spivak Vineyard, Sonoma Coast. The 2013 Cobb’s are sublime Pinot offerings, especially great is the Rice-Spivak, one of my all time favorite single vineyard wines, this…