2014 Sheldon, Syrah, Luc’s Vineyard, Fountaingrove AVA, Sonoma County. The latest and upcoming releases from Sheldon Wines, mostly 2014 vintage, are all stylish and wonderfully textured offerings much in line…
2014 Domaines Minchin, La Tour Saint-Martin, Menetou-Salon “Pommerais” Pinot Noir, Loire Valley, France. The La Tour Saint Martin Pommerais is a bright and fresh old world Pinot Noir with cool…
2012 De Ponte Cellars, Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The Baldwin family and winemaker Isabelle Dutartre (from Burgundy) have made De Ponte Cellars one of the finest small…
2014 Domaine de la Tournelle, Poulsard “L’ Uva Arbosianna” Arbois, Cotes du Jura, France. Evelyne and Pascal Clairet’s Domaine de la Tournelle is one of the rising stars in the…
n.v. Bodegas Cesar Florido, Moscatel Especial, Medium-Sweet Sherry, Chipiona, Jerez D.O. Spain. Sherry is vastly underrated as a food wine and it makes for a really special and flattering companion…
2011 Remelluri, Lindes de Remelluri Rioja, Vinedos de Labastida, Rioja Alavesa, Spain. Made from old vines not farmed on the estate, Remelluri’s Lindes de Remelluri Rioja offerings are in my…
2014 Arnot-Roberts, Trousseau, North Coast. The Arnot-Roberts wines, in case you’ve not had a chance to try them, are some of the most interesting and wine geeky wines out there…
2013 Weingut Von Winning, Sauvignon Blanc Trocken “I” Deidesheim, Pfalz Germany. I must admit for a few vintages I was in total denial and didn’t give enough attention or time…
2014 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling Spatlese, Munsterer Dautenpflanzer, Nahe Germany. Importer Terry Theise describes the Kruger-Rumpf Munsterer Dautenpflanzer Spatlese as a “Horny” wine with uncontrollable urges, I like that, as for…
2014 Purple Hands, Pinot Noir, Stoller Vineyard, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Purple Hands winemaker Cody Wright, son of famed Oregon legend Ken Wright, has really got something special in…