Category: Wine Articles

2008 Alvear, Pedro Ximénez de Añada, Montilla-Moriles, Sweet Sherry Style Dessert Wine, Spain. (375ml Half Bottle) Sherry and sherry style wines never get enough attention, but Alvear makes some of…

2011 Muller-Catoir, Riesling Trocken, Pfalz, Germany. Muller-Catoir’s 2011 lineup is an all-star lineup of wines and across the board offers some of the best Rieslings of the vintage, but certainly…

2010 Christophe Buisson, Saint-Romain “Sous le Château” Red Burgundy, France. Buisson has become a star in the last few vintages and is one of the gems of Kermit Lynch’s impressive…

2010 La Crotta di Vegneron, Fumin “Esprit Follet” Vallee d’ Aoste DOC, Italy. Fumin is now all the rage, this obscure red grape from the Vallee d’ Aoste region of…

2011 von Winning, Riesling, Diedesheim, Pfalz, Germany. This is a great introduction to dry Germany Riesling that strive to be the showcase for the modern style, and will give you…

2010 Rochioli, Chardonnay Estate Grown, Russian River Valley. A Fourth of July, American treat, the Rochioli Chardonnay is wonder example of California wine that highlights place and style to perfection…

2011 Kurt Darting, Muskateller Trocken “Durkheimer Hochbenn” Pfalz, Germany. One of the best kept secrets of the wine world is certainly Muskateller from the Pfalz, where is produces a fresh…

2011 Schlossgut Diel, Riesling “Dorsheim Goldloch” Kabinett, Nahe, Germany. Diel makes an array of fantastic wines from the Nahe region and has been a leader in making a modern dry…

2010 7 Fuentes, Bodega Soagranorte (Suertes del Marqués) Valle De La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands Red, Spain. It is very appropriate that I write this review today, as it is…

2011 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Scheurebe Spatlese, Nahe, Germany. Georg Rumpf’s 2011 lineup is utterly gorgeous and it was tough to pick a clear favorite, but this amazing Scheurebe certainly won me…