Grapelive: Wine of the Day September 30, 2017
2015 Foradori, Pinot Grigio, Fuoripista, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy. One of Italy’s most exciting winemakers, Elisabetta Foradori is one of the queens of the natural wine world mixing modern thought…
2015 Foradori, Pinot Grigio, Fuoripista, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy. One of Italy’s most exciting winemakers, Elisabetta Foradori is one of the queens of the natural wine world mixing modern thought…
2014 Love & Squalor, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley. This beautiful and lushly textured Oregon Pinot has pretty detail and satiny mouth feel highlighting the vintage and terroir very well, and…
2016 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling Kabinett, Munsterer Rheinberg, Nahe Garmany. Georg Rumpf’s beautiful set of 2016 Rieslings has many stars, but this lovely Munsterer Rheinberg Kabinett really shines with it’s delicate…
2016 Bonny Doon, Pinot Noir, Enz Vineyard, Cienega Valley. The wine coming from this dry farmed old vine vineyard in Lime Kiln Valley on the eastern side of the Gabilan…
2016 Theopolis Vineyards, Rose of Petite Sirah, Estate Grown, Yorkville Highlands, Mendocino County. More serious than refreshing this Rose of Petite Sirah is bursting with flavors and why brisk and…
2015 Domaine Clotaire Michel, Beaujolais-Villages, La Napoleon, France. Wow, this is great stuff, one of my favorite under $20 bottles of the year so far, what a value, those that…
2013 Dos Lagos Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley. Tom and Marcie Dinkel’s Dos Lagos Vineyards high on Atlas Peak is a tiny estate vineyard, farmed by famed vineyard…
2014 Albatross Ridge, Pinot Noir, Cuvee Vivienne, Estate Grown, Carmel Valley, Monterey County. Another wonderful effort from Garrett Bowlus and his Albatross Ridge Vineyards Estate in Carmel Valley grown on…
2014 Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Blanc Reserve, Beeswax Vineyard, Arroyo Seco. Like chasing windmills, Randall Grahm has for years tried to bring white Rhone varietals to greater attention, and while…
2016 Weingut von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Diedesheimer Paradiesgarten, Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany. Von Winning’s gloriously brisk Paradiesgarten Premier Cru dry Riesling is a killer wine, one of the top values…