Category: Wine Articles

2014 Domaine Ameztia, Irouleguy Rose, France. For me the 2014 Ameztia Rose, a late comer in the Rose season, is one of the coolest pink wines of the year and…

2009 Granja Remelluri, Rioja, Gran Reserva, Labastida de Alava, Spain. In the few short years since Telmo Rodriguez returned to his family’s Alavesa estate, some of the highest vineyards in…

1995 Domaine Huet, Vouvray “Cuvee Constance” Sweet Loire Valley White, France. The Cuvee Constance is a monument to great Chenin Blanc, and this amazing sweet nectar is as good as…

2013 Weingut Leitz, Riesling, Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck, Spatlese, Rheingau Germany. Since first trying this beautiful Riesling as a cask sample it has really changed and grown into a magnificent wine…

2014 Domaines Minchin “La Tour Saint-Martin” Menetou-Salon, Morogues, Loire Valley White, France. This lazar sharp and mineral infused Sauvignon Blanc is an impressive and electric energy filled white that bristles…

2012 Phelps Creek Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Cuvee Alexandrine, Columbia Gorge, Oregon. The 2012 Phelps Creek Cuvee Alexandrine Pinot Noir is one of the years best Oregon wines, hand crafted by…

2012 Domaine de L’ Hortus “Grande Cuvee” Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It was a pleasure to taste the L’ Hortus wines with Yves Orliac, who was visiting recently, and…

2013 Cave Caloz, Heida-Paien “Les Bernunes” Valais White, Switzerland. This remarkable white wine from Valais Switzerland is made from Heida-Paien, also known as Savignin, one of the white grapes found…

2011 Olek Bondonio, Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy. The 2011 Bondonio Barbaresco normale is a beautiful and full bodied Nebbiolo with lavishly layered complexity and real gravitas in substance, style and…

2013 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. The Trout Gulch Vineyard, close to Aptos, is a sweeping and beautiful hillside vineyard that is really making…