Grapelive: Wine of the Day May 11, 2022
2020 Desire Lines Evangelho Red Wine, Contra Costa County.This newer label, Desire Lines in Sonoma, with a stellar collection of small lot hand crafted offerings is fast becoming a favorite…
2020 Desire Lines Evangelho Red Wine, Contra Costa County.This newer label, Desire Lines in Sonoma, with a stellar collection of small lot hand crafted offerings is fast becoming a favorite…
2016 Domaine Lionnet, Cornas, “Terre Brûlée” Northern Rhone, France.This 2016 is still youthful and deeply colored Syrah with gorgeous layers of black and blue fruits along with a nice savory…
2020 Hundred Suns, Cabernet/Syrah, River Rock Vineyard, The Rocks District, Milton Freewater, Oregon.A new wine from Grant Coulter and his Hundred Suns label, the River Rock Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and…
2017 Mauro Veglio, Barolo DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy.A more recent discovery for me the Mauro Veglio wines, offering a studied series of Barolo, from many highly regarded Cru sites, as well…
2019 Weingut Bründlmayer, Dry Riesling, Ried Zöbinger Heilgenstein, Erste Lage, Kamptal, Austria.The beautifully aromatic and elegant 2019 Bründlmayer 1er Lage Ried Löbinger Heilgenstein Dry Riesling rival top Grosses Gewachs from…
2014 Domaine Jean-Paul et Beniot Droin, Chablis Premier Cru, Vaillons, White Burgundy, France.The brilliant, invigorating and brisk 2014 Vaillons by Droin is just starting to enter full maturity and has…
2019 Vincent, Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon.The 2019s here at Vincent have proved to be lovely and charming wines, especially the Eola-Amity Pinot with its fresh, almost…
2016 Bruna Grimaldi, Barolo DOCG, Bricco Ambrogio, Piedmonte, Italy.These 2016s are easy to love Nebbiolo wines, even now there is a lot of pleasure to be had, especially Barolo offerings…
2019 Sandlands Vineyards, Zinfandel, Lodi, California.The darkly colored and deeply concentrated Sandlands Kirschenmann Vineyard Zinfandel is wonderfully rich and detailed on the full bodied palate, perfectly displaying the best qualities…
2019 Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, Rully Blanc “Les Cailloux” White Burgundy, France.This pale straw colored 2019 Rully Les Cailloux white Burgundy is pulsating with energy and its zesty acidity heightens the…