Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 26, 2023
2022 Sheldon Wines, Rosé, Luc’s Vineyard, Fountaingrove AVA, Sonoma County.The beautifully Summery 2022 Rosé from Dylan Sheldon at Sheldon Wines is an unoaked, low alcohol and bone dry pink made…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 24, 2023
2020 Coudoulet de Beaucastel – Famille Perrin, Cotes-du-Rhone Rouge, Southern Rhone Valley, France.The beautifully purple/garnet 2020 Coudoulet de Beaucastel is still youthful and bright in the glass, but regal and…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 24, 2023
2021 Cantina Argiolas, Nasco di Cagliari IGT White, Iselis, Sardinia, Italy.This beautifully aromatic, pale straw colored and crisply dry all stainless steel raised Iselis white is made from 100% Nasco…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 23, 2023
2021 Morgan Winery, Pinot Noir, Double L Estate Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands.The latest Double L releases, Chardonnay and Syrah, are stunning wines, but especially Morgan’s flagship Pinot Noir, which shows…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 22, 2023
2020 Bodegas y Vinedos Artuke, Pies Negros, Red Rioja, Spain.Artuke’s Arturo Miguel, like Telmo Rodriguez of Remelluri, is changing the way the world thinks about Rioja, which was for hundreds…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 20, 2023
2020 Forteresse de Berrye, Crémant de Loire, Dry Sparkling Wine, Loire Valley, France.With a talented enologist, Olivier Barbou, Forteresse de Berrye is becoming an interesting new Loire label to follow…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 20, 2023
2016 Michaud, Sangiovese, The Pinnacles National Monument, Chalone AVA, Monterey County.Michael Michaud’s rare Sangiovese offering from vines grown in Chalone’s chalky limestone soils is truly Italian in feel and flavor…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 19, 2023
2021 Domaine Arnaud Lambert, Saumur Blanc “St. Cyr en Bourg” Loire Valley, France.As mentioned, the Domaine Arnaud Lambert, based in Saint Cyr en Bourg – Brézé, is making some of…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 18, 2023
2021 Château Thivin, Côte de Brouilly, Cru Beaujolais, France.Thivin’s latest Côte de Brouilly from the 2021 vintage is youthfully wound up still and almost comes across with a Chinon like…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day April 17, 2023
2020 Domaine Jean Collet, Chablis Premier Cru, Montmains, White Burgundy, France.Each one of the three Collet Chablis wines I tried recently were outstanding bottles, but totally different and distinct in…