Category: Wine Articles

2013 Windy Oaks Estate, Syrah, Vaccaro Family Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.* It’s exciting times at Windy Oaks Estate with a wonderful set of releases from Jim Schulzte’s cellar and a…

2013 E. Pira e Figli-Chiara Boschis, Barolo, Mosconi, Piedmonte, Italy. Chiara Boschis has crafted a legendary wine in this 2013 Mosconi Barolo, it’s far more concentrated and muscular than the…

2016 Weingut Merkelbach, Riesling Spatlese #8, Urziger Wurzgarten, Mosel Germany. The wonderfully textured and classically pure, the pre-sample of Merkelbach’s 2016 Urziger Wurzgarten Spatlese #8 is slimmer and lithe version…

n.v. Mouzon-Leroux, L’atavique, Tradition, Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne, Verzy, France. This is an exciting new to me grower producer that does a biodynamic Extra Brut from estate vines, 55%…

2014 Raul Perez-La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo Blanco, La del Vivo, Lomas de Valtuille, Spain. One of Raul Perez’s new projects, La Vizcaina de Vinos, is to explore the vines…

2015 Ken Wright Cellars, Pinot Noir, Savoya Vineyard, Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon. One of the most beautiful wines I’ve tasted from Ken Wright, it has the quality of some of…

2014 Idle Hour Winery, Tempranillo, Heringer Estate Vineyard, Clarksburg. Anna Marie Dos Remedios crafts some very interesting wines, mostly natural style efforts with most coming from vineyards that are on…

2013 Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy. It’s hard not to love this pretty and open 100% Nebbiolo with it’s lovely bright ruby color and expressive strawberry fruit essences,…

2015 Weingut Muller-Catoir, Riesling Kabinett, Haardt Gimmeldingen, Pfalz Germany. The beautiful and opulent Muller-Catoir Gimmeldingen Kabinett, grown organically on sandstone, sand, gravel and loess soils, is lush and sexy off…

2014 Piedrasassi, Syrah, Rim Rock Vineyard, Arroyo Grande Valley. Sashi Moorman’s Piedrasassi Rim Rock Syrah is an American Cornas, it’s a cool climate style and earthy/spice wine with amazing depth…