Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 10, 2024
2022 Cattleya, Pinot Noir, The Goddess, West Sonoma Coast.The Cattleya 2022 Pinots, by Bibiana González Rave-Pisoni are some of the wines of the vintage, and her rare The Goddess Pinot…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 9, 2023
2022 Weingut Von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Kirschenstück, VDP Grosses Gewächs, Pfalz, Germany.While I’ve been privileged enough to have tasted some barrel sample 2023s, which look to be highly coveted wines,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 8, 2024
2022 Desire Lines Wine Co., Syrah, Shake Ridge Ranch, Amador County – Sierra Foothills.The exotic and richly layered Desire Lines Shake Ridge Ranch Syrah is again a very serious effort,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 7, 2024
2022 Weingut Carl Loewen, Riesling Trocken, Laurentiuslay VDP Erste Gewächs, Mosel, Germany.The smoky and intensely steely 2022 Loewen Leiwener Laurentiuslay Old Vine Dry Riesling again shows off a crisp and…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 6, 2024
2022 Leo Steen, Casa Verde, Red Wine, Redwood Valley, Mendocino County.The 2022 vintage version of Leo Hansen’s Casa Verde is dark garnet in the glass and is ripely quaffable with…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 5, 2024
2020 Tenuta Terraviva, Abruzzo Pecorino DOC, White Wine, Italy.This light gold 100% organically farmed Pecorino, a native grape variety from the Northern part of Abruzzo, is dusty bone dry authentically…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 4, 2024
2022 Turley Wine Cellars, Zinfandel, Juvenile, California.The lush, ripe and luxuriously textured 2022 Juvenile Zinfandel by Turley is everything you would expect from this winery and is a great value…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 3, 2024
2023 Weingut Dönnhoff, Riesling Spätlese, Oberhäuser Brücke, VDP Grosse Lage, Nahe, Germany.For this beautifully detailed and fresh Spätlese, Dönnhoff uses a selection of vines on grey slate bedrock covered by…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 2, 2024
2016 Drew Family Cellars, Pinot Noir, Fashauer Vineyards, Anderson Valley.I had tucked this bottle away, knowing Drew’s 2016 vintage Pinots were exceptionally good and well structured for aging, but I…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 1, 2024
2023 Weingut Prieler, Gemischter Satz, Kalkterrassen, Steinweingarten, Burgenland, Austria.Tasted this Summer, this wine was seriously delicious with loads of crisp mineral tones, lovely jasmine aromatics, ginger spice, spearmint and a…