Month: June 2026

2015 Weingut Emmerich Knoll, Loibner Grüner Veltliner, Trockenbeerenauslese, Sweet Wine, Wachau, Austria.Last up on an evening of fabulous food and wine with a lunch at Bar La Côte and dinner…

2023 Clos Sainte Magdeleine, Cassis AOC Blanc, Provence, France.One of my favorite Summer wines and one f my favorite white wines, the Cassis Blanc by Clos Sainte Magdeleine in Provence’s…

2025 Storm Wines, Rosé of Grenache, Santa Barbara County.The beautifully pale, aromatic and delicate bodied dry Rosé, made from Grenache, is a fresh and crisply focused pink wine that impresses…

2025 La Camensarde, Sancerre Blanc, Loire Valley, France.This was my first sampling of the La Camensarde Sancerre, a steely crisp, citrusy bright and delicately aromatic pure Sauvignon Blanc from a…

2021 Josetta Saffirio, Langhe DOC Rossese Bianco, Piemonte, Italy.One of the rarest wines in Piemonte, the gold/yellow hued 100% Rossese Bianco, thought to be a natural mutation of the red…

2014 Pike & Joyce, Pinot Noir, Rapide, Adelaide Hills, Australia.This South Australian Pinot is nicely mature and ruby/rust in color at this stage, have some tertiary dried leaf and earthy…

2016 Weingut Haart, Riesling Spätlese, Piesporter, Mosel, Germany.At ten years old now, the Haart Piesporter Spätlese is showing good evolution, but still lovely and fresh in detail with classic Mosel…

2023 Luis Seabra, Xisto Cru Branco, Douro, Portugal.One of my favorite white wines of the year so far, built like a top white Burgundy, so delicious, serious and totally a…

2024 Kutch, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast.The new artist label entry level Kutch Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is absolutely delicious, bursting with juicy and vinous red fruits, almost Gamay like and…

2022 Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, White Burgundy, France.The pristine and crystalline 2022 Chassagne-Montrchet from Thierry Pillot at Domaine Paul Pillot is a beautifully put together white Burgundy…