Wine of the Day January 3, 2015
n.v. Franck Pascal, Reliance, Brut Nature Champagne, Vallee de la Marne, France. One of the most interesting Champagnes of the last year has to be this Reliance Brut Nature, a…
Wine of the Day January 2, 2015
2013 Chateau des Deux Rocs, Cabrieres Rouge “Premices” Laguedoc, France. Jean-Claude Zabalia, a long time Languedoc vignerons, worked more than twenty years at Saint Martin de la Garrigue before recently…
Grapelive Special Report: Top 10 Wines of 2014
Grapelive’s Top Ten Wines of 2014 By Kerry Winslow After 365 Wines of the Day and many extra tasting reports I’ve picked my Top Ten Wines of the Year for…
Happy New Year from Grapelive.com-Wine of the Day January 1, 2015
2013 Yann Chave, Crozes-Hermitage, Red Rhone Valley, France. Yann Chave makes one of the best Syrahs for the price and his latest release the 2013 Crozes-Hermitage is a great example,…
Grapelive Wine of the Year: Donnhoff Eiswein 2012 Nahe, Germany
2012 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Oberhauser Brucke, Eiswein, Nahe Germany. 375ml-Half Bottle. Cornelius Donnhoff’s Oberhauser Brucke icewine 2012 is absolutely perfect and one of the most pristine examples of sweet wine…
Wine of the Day December 31, 2014
N.V. Franck Pascal, Tolerance, Brut Rose Champagne, Valle de la Marne, France. The Champagne Franck Pascal bubbly is a unique terroir expression wine from heavier clay soils of his estate…
Wine of the Day December 30, 2014
2012 Piero Benevelli, Barbera d’ Alba DOC, Bricco Ravera, Piedmonte, Italy. Massimo Benevelli only makes about 4,000 total each vintage from family plots in Barolo’s Monforte d’ Alba in the…
Wine of the Day December 29, 2014
2012 Lucia by Pisoni, Syrah, Garys’ Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands. The Lucia wines have touched a next level (of quality) with the 2012 vintage, and I think they are lead…
Wine of the Day December 28, 2014
2010 Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne-Romanee, Red Burgundy, France. This is a good time of year, lots of gifts around the Holiday Season, and some wonderful wine being shared, I felt blessed…
Wine of the Day December 27, 2014
2007 Paolo Bea, Pipparello, Rosso Riserva, Montefalco DOC, Umbria, Italy. The wines at Paolo Be a are natural, unique and wonderfully different, they employee natural winemaking methods, no chemicals or…