2023 Flanagan Wines, Viognier, Bennett Valley, Sonoma County.This 2023 Flanagan Bennett Valley Viognier is absolutely stunning in the glass with crystalline purity, mineral intensity, textured form and beautiful aromatics with…
2022 Masca del Tacco, Ru Rappaio, Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Puglia, Italy.An under the radar, value priced and tasty red wine at the recent Tre Bicchieri tasting by Gambero Rosso…
2023 Weingut Leitz, Riesling Spätlese, Rüdesheimer Magdalenenkreuz, Rheingau Germany.The Leitz Magdalenenkreuz Spatlese, as I’ve said before, is a happy place wine for me, is always expressive and pure, the name…
2017 Capanna, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy.The 2017 Capanna Brunello is a wonderful surprise in a weaker vintage for the region and shows off a beautiful and complex full…
2021 Weingut Karthäuserhof, Riesling Trocken, Schieferkristall, Ruwer-Mosel, Germany.The steely, zesty and racy bone dry 2021 Schieferkristall Trocken by the famous Karthäuserhof winery based in the Ruwer Valley, off the Mosel,…
2020 Bindi Sergardi – Tenuta I Colli, Chianti Classico DOCG “Ser Gardo” Tuscany, Italy.A new discovery for me, this 2020 Bindi Sergardi – Tenuta I Colli Chianti Classico, 100% Sangiovese,…
n.v. Broadbent Selections, Madeira, Verdelho, 10 Year Old, Portugal.The latest release of Broadbent’s Verdelho 10 Year Madeira is lovely and vinous on the palate with vibrant with zesty burnt orange…
2017 Weingut Rings, Riesling Trocken, Saumagen VDP Grosses Gewächs, Pfalz, Germany.The gorgeous, bright golden hued and wonderfully evolving 2017 Rings GG, which comes from the chalky limestone single vineyard Kallstadter…
2022 Sadie Family Wines, Cinsault “Pofadder” Swartland, South Africa.As I’ve said before, South Africa has some of the best Cinsault wines in the wold and Sadie’s Pofadder Cinsault is maybe…
2019 Vigne del Malina, Chardonnay, IGT Venezia Giulia, Italy.One of the most intriguing winery discoveries at the 2025 Tre Bicchieri (Gambero Rosso) Tasting, was the Bacchetti family’s “Vigne del Malina”…