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2024 Salvo Foti – I Vigneri, IGT Rosso, Sicily, Italy.It’s always a special experience to try these Salvo Foti wines, and this deep ruby/garnet hued 2024 Rosso is a fabulous,…

2016 Fonterenza, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany Italy.The beautifully evolving 2016 Fonterenza Brunello di Montalcino, imported to the States by Farm Wine Imports, Louis/Dressner Selections, is a lovely, lightly floral…

2023 Château d’Oupia, Les Hérétiques, Vin de Pays de L’Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.André Iché, who owns one of the best-known Minervois estates, Château d’Oupia, makes this dark purple/garnet all Carignan Les…

2022 Kellerei Cantina Terlan, Sauvignon Blanc “Quarz” Alto Adige – Terlano DOC, Italy.The wonderfully aromatic, complex and mineral driven Quarz by Kellerei Cantina Terlan (Terlano) comes from the Alto Adige…

n.v. Bérêche et Fils, Brut Reserve, Vignes Vieilles, Champagne, France.I hadn’t had the Bérêche et Fils, after years of my Champagne geek friends telling me of the joys of this…

2023 Domaine Les Petits Lieux, Bourgogne Aligoté, White Burgundy, France.Who knew that Aligoté would be an ultra exciting and sought after white wine, well not me in my early years…

2022 Clos Canarelli, Corse Figari Rouge, Corsica, France.The Clos Canarelli Figari Rouge is a beautiful and pure terroir driven efforts, by one of my favorite Corsican producers, and a wine…

2024 Weingut Dönnhoff, Riesling Kabinett, Oberhäuser Leistenberg, Nahe, Germany.Absolutely immediately out of the bottle and in the glass this 2024 Dönnhoff Kabinett Riesling, from the Oberhäuser Leistenberg vineyard, thrills the…

2019 Château de Mercuès-Georges Vigouroux, Grand Vin, Malbec de Cahors, France.The deep purple, inky and garnet hued Cahors from Georges Vigouroux of Château d Mercuès is a classic 85 %…

2024 Domaine des Bernardins, Muscat Beaumes de Venise AOC, Vin Doux Naturel, Vaucluse, Rhône Valley, France.The Beaumes de Venise AOC region’s wines are mostly known for the sweet, perfumed and…