Category: Wine Reviews

2019 Ridge Vineyards, Zinfandel, East Bench, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County.The 2019 East Bench Zin is beautifully structured and very pure, in keeping with Ridge’s style, there is plenty to…

2019 Nanclares y Prieto Viticultores, Albariño, O Bocoi Vello de Silvia, Rias Baixas DO, Galicia, Spain.These Nanclares y Prieto wines are some of my absolute favorites from Galicia and especially…

2015 Domaine Marcel Deiss, Altenberg de Bergheim, Le Vin d’Alsace Grand Cru, Alsace, France.The Grand Cru Altenberg bottling, from the legendary Domaine Marcel Deiss, is made up of the late…

2020 Domaine Xavier Gérard, Saint-Joseph Rouge, Le Blanchard, Northern Rhone, France.The beautifully elegant and mineral infused Xavier Gérard Saint-Joseph Le Blanchard is a pure and perfumed Syrah that seduces the…

2018 Weingut Von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad, Erste Gewachs, Pfalz Germany.Von Winning’s (Ruppertsberger) Reiterpfad Trocken, one of my favorite dry Rieslings and this 2018 is very consistent with prior…

2018 Ravenswood, Old Vine Zinfandel, Vintners Blend, California.Sometimes you are caught in a wine desert and you only can grab a bottle at the supermarket, and that can make for…

2015 Brangero, Barolo DOCG, Monvigliero Cru, Piemonte, Italy.The ripe and richly flavored Monvigliero Barolo by Marco Brangero is a lush and concentrated example of pure Nebbiolo, but as fruit forward…

2019 Domaine de Fa, Saint-Amour “Côte de Besset” Cru Beaujolais, France.Made by the famous Graillot family, of Cross-Hermitage (Rhone) fame, the Domaine de Fa Saint-Amour Côte de Besset is a…

2020 Envinate, Alicante Bouschet “Albahra” Chingao Vineyards, Almansa, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.The special edition of Envinate’s Albahra 100% Garnacha Tintorera (aka Alicante Bouschet, a red-juiced grape) is from a small organic,…

2019 Chiappini, Felciaino, Bolgheri Rosso DOC, Tuscan Coast, Italy.As there begins to be a chill in the evening air and thoughts are on heartier meals, it is the perfect time…