Month: May 2021

2019 Filomena Wine Company, St. Laurent, Ricci Vineyard, Carneros, Sonoma County.This has to be one of the best new wines to emerge in the last two years, made from this…

2018 Bucklin, Anne’s Field Blend, Upper 5th Vineyard, Old Hill Ranch, Sonoma Valley.The beautifully full bodied and deeply colored Bucklin Anne’s Upper 5th red is an unique co-ferment field blend…

2020 Paix Sur Terre, Picpoul Blanc, Glenrose Vineyard, Adelaida District, Paso Robles.A new winery for me, the Paix Sur Terre label, made by Ryan Peace, located on Vineyard Drive on…

2017 A. A. Badenhorst Family Wines, Grenache, Raaigras, Swartland, South Africa.The 2017 Badenhorst Grenache is delicious stuff, at first is earthy and raw, but it opens beautifully and gains a…

2018 Pax Mahle, Syrah, Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino County.The exceptional 2018 Alder Springs Syrah by Pax Mahle is truly world class stuff, fantastically pure and with beautiful layers it is…

2018 Weingut Willi Schaefer, Riesling Trocken, Graacher Himmelreich, VDP Grosses Gewächs, Mosel Germany.The Willi Schaefer Gaacher Himmelreich GG is a unicorn wine, maybe one of the rarest bottles you’ll see…

2019 I. Brand & Family, Pinot Noir, Enz Vineyard, Lime Kiln Valley, San Benito County.The 2019 Enz Pinot Noir, yes Pinot, is one of my favorites in the I. Brand…

2019 Maison Leroy, Bourgogne Gamay, Red Burgundy, France.One of the more fun wines I’ve had in recent weeks and while not cheap, this dark and vibrant Gamay from the famed…

2018 Jim Barry, Assyrtiko, Clare Valley, Australia.While famously known for their red wines and especially their legendary The Armagh Shiraz, which has been an Aussie icon since it was first…

2016 St. Innocent, Pinot Noir, Freedom Hill Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon.One of Oregon’s classic wines, St. Innocent makes profound and age worthy Pinot Noirs that remain some of the greatest…