2014 Weingut von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Deidesheimer Paradiesgarten Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany. The bright and clear pale gold Paradiesgarten 1er Lage Trocken, one of von Winning’s Premier Cru dry Rieslings,…
2014 Domaine Jerome Gradassi, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone Red, France. The 2014 Jerome Gradassi Chateauneuf is one of the most exciting examples of this historic region I’ve tried in years, and is…
2015 Bedrock, Nouveau Zinfandel, California. It took me way too long to get my hands on this wine, I should have tried it back in November, but it was almost…
2013 COS, Pithos Rosso, Vittoria, Sicily, Italy. Pithos is Giuisto Occhipinti’s amphora raised organic Nero d’Avola and Frappato red blend from Vittoria Sicily, think Cerasuolo di Vittoria meets orange wine,…
2014 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling Spatlese, Zeltinger Schlossberg, Mosel Germany. One of my all time favorite vineyard sites and maybe the best 2014 Mosel for the money the classic Spatlese Zeltinger…
2013 Weingut Hexamer, Grauburgunder Trocken, Nahe Germany. The Hexamer Pinot Gris is a pretty and complex mineral driven white that is both serious and fun with an open leesy charm…
2014 Domaine Montanet-Thoden, Bourgogne Rouge, Garance, Vezelay, France. Valentin Montanet is the young winemaker who’s making the wines at Montanet-Thoden, his mother’s project from vines she inherited and he is…
2013 Domaine Robert Chevillon, Nuits-Saint-Georges Blanc, Vieilles Vignes, White Burgundy, France. The rare Chevillon NSG Pinot Blanc, made from white berried Pinot Noir vines, in my words an “albino Pinot…
2014 Weingut von Hovel, Riesling, Oberemmeler Hutte, Kabinett, Saar Germany. The 2014 von Hovel Kabinett Obermmeler Hutte Saar Riesling is delicately perfumed, light bodied and vibrant with a kiss of…
2013 Alfredo Maestro, Tinto Castrillo de Duero, Castrilla Y Leon, Spain. Alfredo Maestro’s Tinto Castrillo de Duero is an all natural old vine Tempranillo from the Ribera del Duero region…