Category: Wine Articles

2013 Alberto Nanclares, Albariño, Rias Baixas, Spain. The 2013 Nanclares Albariño is absolutely beguiling and majestic, it, as I said about the 2012 is utterly profound wine and the single…

2013 Phelps Creek, Pinot Noir, Cuvee Alexandrine, Columbia Gorge, Oregon. Burgundian vigneron Alexandrine Roy of Domaine Marc Roy crafts the beautiful Phelps Creek wines, and these are well worth searching…

2014 COS, Nero d’Avola, Nero di Lupo, Terre Siciliane IGP Rosso, Sicily, Italy. Giusto Occhipinti’s COS Nero di Lupo 2014 is an amazingly pure expression of Nero d’Avola from the…

2007 Chateau Dauphine Rondillon, Loupiac, Cuvee d’Or, Sweet Bordeaux White Wine, France. This wonderful and noble rot infused sweet wine is from Loupiac across the Gironde river from it’s more…

2002 Copain, Syrah, Broken Leg, Anderson Valley. This amazing find from the darkest region of my tiny cellar is rewarding as rewarding gets, the 2002 Copain Broken Leg Syrah from…

2014 Weingut Knoll, Loibner Rose, Blauer Burgunder Federspiel, Wachau, Austria. The Emmerich Knoll Rose of Pinot Noir from Austria is a lovely and austere example of super dry and mineral…

2012 Paloma, Merlot, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley. I don’t drink that much Merlot, I confess, I never have really, but I really like a good one, either Washington (Think Leonetti)…

2013 Gramercy, Lower East, Syrah, Columbia Valley, Washington State. Greg Harrington’s Lower East line from his Gramercy Cellars are killer deals in northwest wines and show the power, deep color,…

2014 Weingut Leitz, Riesling QbA, Dragon Stone, Rheingau Germany. This wine has it all, a great package, superb quality and is a killer value, Leitz nailed it with the Dragon…

n.v. Serge Mathieu, Select Tete de Cuvee, Brut Champagne, Avirey-Lingey, France. Michel Jacob farms and produces the Champagne at Serge Mathieu in the Cotes des Bars, the soils are limestone,…