2013 Domaine D’ Ourea, Vacqueyras, Rhone Red, France. This gorgeous Vacqueyras is a mind blowing effort from a new young vigneron Adrien Roustan, who looks to be the next Rhone…
2014 Arianna Occhipinti, SP68, Nero d’ Avola/Frappato, IGT Rosso, Terre Siciliane, Italy. It’s well known now that Arianna Occhipinti is a superstar and one of the leading lights of the…
2014 Francine et Olivier Savary, Chablis, Selection Vieilles Vignes, White Burgundy, France. The Savary Old Vine Chablis is one of my all time favorite wines, it is a great deal…
2012 Guillaume Gilles, Cornas, Northern Rhone Red, France. This is one of my favorite wines, and this vintage of Gilles Cornas is really alive and richly packed with flavor showing…
2014 Silvestri, Rose of Pinot Noir, Estate, Carmel Valley. The 2014 Rose from Silvestri is from estate grown Pinot Noir in Carmel Valley and is about the best pink wine…
2012 Ridge, Monte Bello, Proprietary Red, Santa Cruz Mountains. One of the great wines of California, the Ridge Monte Bello delivers pure class and First Growth substance and this infantile…
2014 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Gruner Veltliner “A” Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. This is a blend of two plots of Gruner at Alfaro, and while the single vineyard and organic La…
2014 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Hermannshole, Grosses Gewachs, Trocken, Nahe, Germany. The Donnhoff Hermannshole GG Trocken Riesling is one of the world’s top wines, in fact in some years it is…
2009 Estate Chrisohoou, Xinomavro, Naoussa PDO, Greece.Nana Chrisohoou studied in Piedmonte, Italy and it shows in this beautiful Naoussa Xinomavro that really tastes like a fine Langhe Nebbiolo is many…
2013 The Princess & the Peasant, Pinot Noir, Signal Ridge Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge. Signal Ridge Vineyard, high above the Anderson Valley in the Mendocino Ridge AVA is the source for…