Category: Wine Articles

2012 Karanika, Brut Sparkling Wine, Cuvee Speciale, Blanc de Noirs Xinomavro, Amyntaion, Greece. This is gorgeous bubbly, and while listed as a Brut it is super dry and vibrant more…

2014 Chateau L’ Argentier, Aramon Rose, Vieilles Vignes, Sommieres, IGP Herault, Languedoc, France. The Jourdan family has been making wine since 1937 and have a beautiful estate in Sommieres, which…

2012 Lise & Bertand Jousset, Estate Premier Rendez-Vous, Montlouis sur Loire, France. Chenin is seeing a huge surge in desire with many gorgeous and delicate Chenin Blancs becoming the new…

2014 Cruse Wine Co. Pétillant Naturel, Sparkling Valdiguie, Napa Valley. The Cruse Wine Co. Pet-Nat bubbly is made in the Methode Ancestrale, bottle fermented naturally, which dates back to ancient…

2013 Saladin cellars, Pinot Noir, La Cruz Vineyard, Sonoma Coast. The new Saladin Pinot Noir from Keller Estate’s La Cruz Vineyard in the southwest end of the Petaluma Gap is…

2013 Kruger-Rumpf, Scheurebe Spatlese Nahe Germany. Georg Rumpf’s gorgeous 2013 Scheurebe is one compelling wine, and one of best examples of this grape in all of Germany, and it is…

2013 Tatomer, Pinot Noir, Duvarita, Santa Barbara County. Grahame Tatomer, best known for his wonderful Riesling and Gruner Veltliner, is releasing his first Pinot Noir and it’s a fabulous inaugural…

2012 Shea Wine Cellars, Pinot Noir, Estate, Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon. One of Oregon’s top vineyard sites and one of the best deals in top flight American Pinot Noir, Shea…

2013 Roar, Chardonnay, Sierra Mar Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands. The Sierra Mar Vineyard, part of the Franscioni estate along with Rosella’s Vineyard, and farmed in partnership with Gary Pisoni and…

2013 Domaine Weinbach, Riesling Schlossberg, Grand Cru, Alsace France. With the tragic loss of Laurence, Weinbach’s beautiful and gifted winemaker last year and the recent passing of the matriarch Catherine,…