Month: June 2021

2020 I. Brand & Family Winery, Arneis, Vista Verde Vineyard, San Benito County.The crisp and pretty 2020 I. Brand & Family Arneis shows fresh lemon/lime and melon fruit along with…

2016 Cave Caloz, Cornalin du Lieu-Dit Les Bernunes, AOC Valais, Switzerland.The Cave Caloz winery is one of my favorites and I was thrilled to see this exceptionally rare bottle on…

2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard, Vaccarèse, Adelaida District, Paso Robles.I was thrilled to get this exciting new wine from Tablas Creek, made from the rare Chateauneuf du Pape red grape Vaccarèse,…

2019 Storm Wines, Gamay, Presqu’ile Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley.The bright and savory toned 100% Gamay from Ernst Storm at Storm Wines is a more serious and less frivolous style example…

2015 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli, Langhe Freisa DOC, Piedmonte, Italy.The historic Giacomo Borgogno & Figli winery, which was founded back in 1761, is one of the best and most famous…

1972 Domaine Jean Grivot, Clos de Vougeot, Grand Cru, Red Burgundy, France.What an amazing surprise, this lovely and super delicate aged Burgundy way over performed for expectations with remarkably sweet…

2016 Domaine de L’Oiselet, Vacqueyras AOC, Rhone Valley, France.The 2016 L’Oiselet Vacqueyras is brilliantly focused and layered with rich and opulent dark fruits, this drinks very close to a top…

2016 Le Miccine, Carduus, Rosso di Toscana IGT, Italy.The beautiful and silken dark garnet Carduus Rosso di Toscana is a special 100% Merlot cuvee from Paula Papini Cook of Chianti…

2019 Farm Cottage Wines, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.Ryan Alfaro’s Farm Cottage Wines is a great new addition to the local scene in the South Santa Cruz…

2018 Domaine Francois Merlin, Saint-Joseph Rouge, Northern Rhone, France.The Domaine Merlin, based in St-Michel-sur-Rhône since 1989, a commune just south of Condrieu, is a small producer focused on Syrah and…