Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 14, 2022
2019 Brick House, Gamay Noir, Ribbon Ridge AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon.One of Oregon’s great wineries, Brick House, best known for their classic Pinot Noirs, also does a delicious Gamay, sourced…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 13, 2022
2021 Weingut Ingrid Groiss, Grüner Veltliner, Weinviertel DAC, Austria.This vintage is wonderfully aromatic and cooly crisp on the palate with an effervescent spritz in this beautiful and lively offering with…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 12, 2022
2021 Turley Wine Cellars, Cinsault, Bechthold Vineyard, Lodi, California.This new 2021 edition of Turley’s Bechthold Cinsault is ultra vivid and delicious with racy red fruits, spice, mineral and floral tones,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 11, 2020
2020 Envínate, Táganan, Vinos Atlanticos, Tinto, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.The 2020 Táganan, a Listen Negro (one of the Mission Grapes) based wine grown on Tenerife’s volcanic soils, is a trilling…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 10, 2022
2018 Grochau Cellars, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon.This aromatic and deep ruby/garnet Grochau 2018 Willamette Valley Pinot is ridiculously good and showing beautiful right now with exceptional purity and transcendent…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 9, 2022
2015 Alberto Orte, Mencia “A Portela” Valdeorras D.O., Galicia, Spain.Orte’s 2015 A Portela Mencia is getting pretty mature at this stage with some secondary tertiary elements coming through and folding…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 8, 2022
2019 Odonata Winery, Syrah, Hook Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands.The upcoming release of 2009 Odonata Hook Vineyard Syrah is full on Northern Rhone style, Jamet Cote-Rotie inspired whole cluster fermented beauty…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 7, 2022
2018 Weingut Dönnhoff, Riesling Trocken, Kreuznacher Kahlenberg, Nahe, Germany.The Kreuznacher Kahlenberg is one Dönnhoff’s Grand Cru sites, uniquely set on gravelly loams along the Nahe River and provides the grapes…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 6, 2022
2019 Drew Family Cellars, Pinot Noir, Mid-Elevation, Mendocino Ridge.The 2019 wines from Drew are immediately pleasing on the palate, feeling opulent and supple in texture and more dense in fruit…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day December 5, 2022
2020 Thierry Germain – Domaine des Roches Neuves, Saumur Champigny “Franc de Pied” Loire Valley, France.As mentioned many times here, I am a huge fan, as are thousands of enthusiasts,…