Category: Wine Articles

2001 Olga Raffault, Chinon, Les Picasses, Loire Valley, France. Another super old school, old world offering from Raffault, the 2001 is fresh, lively, earthy and succulent with red currants, violets,…

2013 Chateau La Roque, Coteaux du Languedoc Blanc, France. Jacques Figuette’s Chateau La Roque is a Languedoc leader in quality and value with the talented Cyriaque Rozier making the wines…

2012 Domaine Lucien Boillot & Fils, Pommard “Les Croix Noires” Premier Cru Red Burgundy, France. Longtime Kermit Lynch staple Burgundy producer Lucien Boillot is considered a safe bet and a…

2013 Weingut Muller-Catoir, Muskateller Trocken, Haardt, Pfalz Germany. I think this Muller-Catoir Haardt Muskateller Trocken is the greatest dry Muscat wine on earth, and the latest release is absolutely gorgeous…

n.v. Franck Pascal, Reliance, Brut Nature Champagne, Vallee de la Marne, France. One of the most interesting Champagnes of the last year has to be this Reliance Brut Nature, a…

2013 Chateau des Deux Rocs, Cabrieres Rouge “Premices” Laguedoc, France. Jean-Claude Zabalia, a long time Languedoc vignerons, worked more than twenty years at Saint Martin de la Garrigue before recently…

Grapelive’s Top Ten Wines of 2014 By Kerry Winslow After 365 Wines of the Day and many extra tasting reports I’ve picked my Top Ten Wines of the Year for…

2013 Yann Chave, Crozes-Hermitage, Red Rhone Valley, France. Yann Chave makes one of the best Syrahs for the price and his latest release the 2013 Crozes-Hermitage is a great example,…

2012 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Oberhauser Brucke, Eiswein, Nahe Germany. 375ml-Half Bottle. Cornelius Donnhoff’s Oberhauser Brucke icewine 2012 is absolutely perfect and one of the most pristine examples of sweet wine…

N.V. Franck Pascal, Tolerance, Brut Rose Champagne, Valle de la Marne, France. The Champagne Franck Pascal bubbly is a unique terroir expression wine from heavier clay soils of his estate…