Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 20, 2019
2017 Weingut Von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Estate, Pfalz, Germany. It’s terribly hard not to love these 2017 vintage Rieslings from Germany, and especially these Von Winnings that hail from the…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 19, 2019
2016 Saint-Cosme, Saint-Joseph Rouge, Northern Rhone, France. Louis Barruol’s negociant Saint-Joseph Rouge comes from, as he puts it, one of the most underrated areas of the Rhone Valley, being a…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 18, 2019
2017 Anthony Road Winery, Riesling, Semi-Dry, Fingers Lakes, New York State. The lightly sweet Riesling, Semi-Dry, by Anthony Road is a nicely balanced and generous wine with terroir driven character,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 17, 2019
2017 Hundred Suns, Pinot Noir, Old Eight Cut, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Hundred Suns Wines, a reference to the growing season that lasts a hundred days between flowering and harvest, is…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 16, 2019
2017 Weingut Carl Loewen, Riesling Trocken, Maximin Klosterlay, Mosel Germany. The Maximin Klosterlay, a Erste Lage site, from the village of Detzem, where is gorgeous Riesling hails from, was the…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 15, 2019
2018 Joyce Wine Company, Dry Riesling “Alluvial Fan” Monterey County. The lovely and bright new Alluvial Fan Dry Riesling from Joyce Wine Company is more flamboyant in fruit and mouth…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 14, 2019
2017 Domaine de L’Ecu, Muse, Rosé of Cabernet Sauvignon, Vin de France, Loire Valley, France. Fred Niger’s Domaine de L’Ecu, one of Muscadet’s top estates, Rosé “Muse” is a unique…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 13, 2019
2016 Weingut Willi Schaefer, Riesling Kabinett, Graacher Himmelreich, Mosel Germany. After a wet and cold spring and early summer 2016 turned out to be a kind of a miracle vintage…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 12, 2019
2017 I. Brand & Family Winery, Old Vine Mourvèdre, Enz Vineyard, Lime Kiln Valley, San Benito County. Fast becoming a cult like and followed wine, the Ian Brand made Enz…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 11, 2019
2016 Saint Cosme, Cote-Rotie, Northern Rhone, France. The gorgeous and stylish Saint-Cosme 2016 Cote-Rotie is a luxurious vintage and opulent version with a textural grace and inner force that reminds…