Category: Wine Reviews

2018 Diatom, Chardonnay, Santos Road, Sta. Rita Hills.The beautiful no wood “inox” Diatom 2018 Santos Road Chardonnay, by Greg Brewer, the winemaker at the famous Brewer-Clifton, is a single Hyde…

2012 Domaine de Monardiere, Vacqueyras, Vieilles Vignes, Rhone Red, France.This wine has matured and is drinking at peak expressiveness with pure and lush layers of ripe and heady fruit, very…

2019 Weingut Leo Alzinger, Gruner Veltliner, Durnstein, Federspiel, Wachau, Austria.The brilliantly clear 2019 Durnstein Federspiel Gruner from Leo Alzinger is a near perfect example of this region, grape and style…

2018 Laura Lorenzo – Daterra Viticultores, Portela do Vento Blanco, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia Spain.The 2018 Portela do Vento Vino Blanco is a stunning white wine from the incredible Laura Lorenzo,…

2019 Samuel Louis Smith Wines, Syrah “Serine Sauvage” Coastview Vineyard, Gabilan Mountains, Monterey County.The spine tingling beautiful and opaquely purple Serine Sauvage Syrah by Sam Smith is a cool climate…

1998 Chateau Pichon Longueville-de-Lalande, Reserve de la Comtesse, Pauillac, Red Bordeaux, France.Well that was fun, the second wine of Chateau Pichon Longueville, one of the super second growths in the…

2017 Weingut Dr. Loosen, Riesling Trocken, Graacher Himmelreich, Alte Reben, VDP Grosses Gewächs, Mosel, Germany.The 2017 Dr. Loosen Graacher Himmelreich Old Vine GG is wonderfully pure and generous, absolutely a…

2019 Filomena Wine Company, St. Laurent, Ricci Vineyard, Carneros, Sonoma County.This has to be one of the best new wines to emerge in the last two years, made from this…

2018 Bucklin, Anne’s Field Blend, Upper 5th Vineyard, Old Hill Ranch, Sonoma Valley.The beautifully full bodied and deeply colored Bucklin Anne’s Upper 5th red is an unique co-ferment field blend…

2020 Paix Sur Terre, Picpoul Blanc, Glenrose Vineyard, Adelaida District, Paso Robles.A new winery for me, the Paix Sur Terre label, made by Ryan Peace, located on Vineyard Drive on…