2017 Piedrasassi, Syrah “PS” Santa Barbara County.Piedrasassi’s winemaker Sashi Moorman is one of California’s best and most influential winemakers, though still relatively unknown to the public, somewhat like Eric Baugher…
2017 Weingut Mueller-Catoir, Riesling Trocken, Burgergarten, VDP Erste Lage, Pfalz, Germany.The Burgergarten in the Haardt vineyard as used by the famed Mueller-Catoir, or hill garden, is a Premier Cru site…
2017 Brick House Vineyard, Pinot Noir “Select” Willamette Valley, Oregon.One of my favorites from the legendary Doug Tunnell and team at the all biodynamic Brick House Vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette…
2018 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling Trocken, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr***, Mosel Germany. The 2018 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr “Three Stars” barrel sample is Selbach’s Grand Cru dry Riesling, a GG by another named if you…
2018 Avaler, Pinot Noir, Sonoma County.Wonderfully open, pure and delicious, the newest addition to the value lineup at Avaler, is their Sonoma County Pinot Noir, which is sourced from two…
2008 Domaine Marcel Deiss, Huebuhl Cru, Cru d’Alsace, France.The pretty semi sweet Huebuhl by Deiss is essentially a V.T. (Vendange Tardive) being a late harvest style wine with higher sugars…
2017 Saint Cosme, Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, Northern Rhone, France.The beautiful and sultry 2017 Crozes from Louis Barruol at Chateau de Saint Cosme is highly entertaining, complex and remarkably easy to quaff…
2016 Domaine Marchand-Tawse, Gamay, Coteaux Bourguignons, France.This wonderfully textural and pretty Marchand-Tawse 100% Gamay Coteaux Bourguignons is made from grapes sourced from two sustainably grown clay and limestone soil vineyards…
nv Parusso, Rosé Langhe Nebbiolo Spumante, Metodo Classico, Piedmonte, Italy.The Armando Parusso sparkling Nebbiolo, made in the Champagne method, is a handcrafted beauty by winemaker Marco Parusso, who’s winery in…
2015 Chateau Pegau, Cotes du Rhone Rouge “Maclura” Rhone Valley, France.The richly flavored and complex Maclura Cotes du Rhone Rouge by Laurence Feraud of Chateau Pegau and Domaine de Pegau…