Month: August 2016

2012 Giovanni Rosso, Barolo, Del Comune di Serralunga d’Alba, Piedmonte, Italy. The new 2012 Barolo Serralunga by Davide Rosso is pure and exquisitely detailed with energy and poise, and it…

2015 Ser Winery, Rose of Nebbiolo, Olof Vineyard, Lake County. Ser Winery is a artisan Santa Cruz based winery that sources single vineyard fruit to craft unique terroir expensive wines,…

2014 Jean-Francois Ganevat, Cotes du Jura Chardonnay “Le Montceau” Jura, France. Jean-Francois Ganevat can’t make enough wine to satisfy the world’s overwhelming thirst for his lovely and intriguing Jura wines,…

2015 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling Kabinett, Oberhauser Leistenberg, Nahe Germany. The delicate and slate influenced Oberhauser Leistenberg Kabinett should not be overlooked in Donnhoff’s amazing 2015 Rieslings, it is not as…

2015 Bibich, Debit, Dalmatian White, Croatia. One of the summer’s most fun and refreshing wines comes from Croatian superstar winemaker Alen Bibic of the Bibich winery in Skradin, not far…

2015 Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge, Rhone Valley, France. Louis Barruol’s Chateau de Saint Cosme is one of the great wineries in the southern rhone and produce some of the most…

2014 Epoch Estate, White, Paso Robles. The gorgeous and stylish White from Epoch Estate comes from estate vineyards, Catapult and Paderewski, in the western/cooler Willow Creek District, and is formed…

2014 Once & Future, Petite Sirah, Palisades Vineyard, Calistoga, Napa Valley. Joel Peterson, the founder of California’s iconic Zinfandel house Ravenswood, has started a new project that takes him back…

2015 Weingut Ingrid Groiss, Rose of Pinot Noir-Zweigelt, Sommerwein “Angel’s Kiss” Weinviertel Austria. The Groiss Rose is fast becoming one of my favorite pinks and joins an elite set of…

2015 Casa Nuestra, Dry Chenin Blanc, Saint Helena, Napa Valley. One of the last remaining secrets of Napa Valley, Casa Nuestra’s gloriously brisk and vibrant dry Chenin, a wine that…