Category: Wine Articles

2016 Stoller Family Estate, Rose of Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. The new Stoller Rose is crisp and lively with fresh detail and vigorous depth of flavors with…

2010 Fonterenza, Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany Italy. One of the purest, clear and elegant Brunello out there, the 2010 Fonterenza is really showing fantastic with wonderful depth of character, vintage…

2015 Bow & Arrow, Pinot Noir/Gamay “Rhinestones” Willamette Valley, Oregon. Scott Frank’s Rhinestones 2015 maybe the best under $25 wine I’ve ever tasted from Oregon, in fact the 2015 is…

2015 Domaine Christian Moreau, Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon, White Burgundy, France. Most of the 2015 Moreau Premier Cru and Grand Cru were preview samples, but finished bottle examples included the…

2015 Olivier Leflaive, Auxey-Duresses Blanc, Burgundy, France. Olivier Leflaive’s beautiful Auxey-Duresses white is a stylish and rich white Burgundy with clear and persistent layers of fruit delivered with mineral charm…

2014 Drew Family Cellars, Pinot Noir, The Fog-Eater, Anderson Valley. Another magical Pinot, from Drew in the 2014 vintage, The Fog-Eater Anderson Valley shows a vivacious character and deep fruit…

2014 Forman, Cabernet Sauvignon “Chateau la Grande Roche” Napa Valley. Ric Forman’s second label wine, Chateau la Grande Roche, is a winner in 2014 and is all estate fruit from…

2013 Prieler, Blaufränkisch “Johanneshole” Burgenland, Austria. Prieler’s 2013 Johanneshole is a stunning example of Blaufrankisch with deep fruit intensity and mineral character with the vintage’s powerful extract and vibrancy on…

2014 Domaine de Montille, Bourgogne Rouge, France. Etienne de Montille’s stylish and open-knit base red Burgundy really delivers in quality and class for an entry level wine and is hard…

2015 Hirsch, Gruner Veltliner “Kammern” Kamptal Austria. The Hirsch 2015 Gruners are an exceptional set of offerings from this Kamptal estate not far from the majestic Danube, west of Vienna,…