Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 23, 2026
2023 Luis Seabra, Xisto Cru Branco, Douro, Portugal.One of my favorite white wines of the year so far, built like a top white Burgundy, so delicious, serious and totally a…
2023 Luis Seabra, Xisto Cru Branco, Douro, Portugal.One of my favorite white wines of the year so far, built like a top white Burgundy, so delicious, serious and totally a…
2024 Kutch, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast.The new artist label entry level Kutch Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is absolutely delicious, bursting with juicy and vinous red fruits, almost Gamay like and…
2022 Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, White Burgundy, France.The pristine and crystalline 2022 Chassagne-Montrchet from Thierry Pillot at Domaine Paul Pillot is a beautifully put together white Burgundy…
2023 Weingut Plandaditsch – Andrea Lauber, Completer, AOC Graubünden, Malans, Switzerland.Here’s a new one for me, and a lovely dry, medium/full palate white from Switzerland, made from a rare local…
2005 Domaine Pierre Usseglio et Fils, Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Cuvée de mon Aïeul” Rhône Valley, France.The gorgeous, perfectly aged and evolved 2005 Pierre Usseglio et Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge “Cuvée de mon Aïeul”…
2021 Domaine Edmond Cornu, Bourgogne Aligoté, White Burgundy, France.Cornu’s Bourgogne Aligoté, the only all stainless steel bottling here, is bright and zesty with a underlying depth that makes it compelling…
2022 Clos d’Audhuy “Queue de Pressoir” Ségalin/Malbec, Cahors, France.The Clos d’Audhuy “Queue de Pressoir” chillable red from winemaker Benoit Rynard in Cahors is a fun wine, called a red Rosé,…
2014 Domaine Stéphane Ogier, Côte Rôtie, Reserve, Northern Rhône, France.Wow, this gorgeous Reserve Côte Rôtie from Stéphane Ogier is really hitting a sweet spot with beautifully purity and secondary evolution…
2024 Sandlands Vineyards, Carignane, Contra Costa County, California.The latest version of Sandlands Vineyards Contra Costa County Carignane, from old historic vines set in the deep sandy soils near the Delta,…
2025 Bodegas Bernabeleva, Camino de Navaherreros Blanco, Vinos de Madrid DO, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Spain.This highly aromatic, bone dry white wine from Bodegas Bernabeleva, one of the pioneers of…