Category: Wine Articles

2016 Le Miccine, Carduus, Rosso di Toscana IGT, Italy.The beautiful and silken dark garnet Carduus Rosso di Toscana is a special 100% Merlot cuvee from Paula Papini Cook of Chianti…

2019 Farm Cottage Wines, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.Ryan Alfaro’s Farm Cottage Wines is a great new addition to the local scene in the South Santa Cruz…

2018 Domaine Francois Merlin, Saint-Joseph Rouge, Northern Rhone, France.The Domaine Merlin, based in St-Michel-sur-Rhône since 1989, a commune just south of Condrieu, is a small producer focused on Syrah and…

2020 Hundred Suns, Space Cat Pinot Noir Rosé, Willamette Valley, Oregon.The crisp Summer refresher, the Space Cat Rosé by Hundred Suns Winery is a dry Rosé made from 100% Willamette…

2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard, Counoise, Adelaida District, Paso Robles.The freshly vivid and medium bodied Tablas Creek single varietal bottling of Counoise, one of the rare Chateauneuf du Pape grapes, drinks…

2018 Chateau de Saint Cosme, Cotes du Rhone “Les Deux Albion” Rhone Red, France.The incredible and ultra affordable Chateau grown bottling of Cotes du Rhone, Les Deux Albion, is a…

2018 Diatom, Chardonnay, Santos Road, Sta. Rita Hills.The beautiful no wood “inox” Diatom 2018 Santos Road Chardonnay, by Greg Brewer, the winemaker at the famous Brewer-Clifton, is a single Hyde…

2012 Domaine de Monardiere, Vacqueyras, Vieilles Vignes, Rhone Red, France.This wine has matured and is drinking at peak expressiveness with pure and lush layers of ripe and heady fruit, very…

2019 Weingut Leo Alzinger, Gruner Veltliner, Durnstein, Federspiel, Wachau, Austria.The brilliantly clear 2019 Durnstein Federspiel Gruner from Leo Alzinger is a near perfect example of this region, grape and style…

2018 Laura Lorenzo – Daterra Viticultores, Portela do Vento Blanco, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia Spain.The 2018 Portela do Vento Vino Blanco is a stunning white wine from the incredible Laura Lorenzo,…