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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…

2017 A. A. Badenhorst Family Wines, Grenache, Raaigras, Swartland, South Africa.The 2017 Badenhorst Grenache is delicious stuff, at first is earthy and raw, but it opens beautifully and gains a…

2018 Pax Mahle, Syrah, Alder Springs Vineyard, Mendocino County.The exceptional 2018 Alder Springs Syrah by Pax Mahle is truly world class stuff, fantastically pure and with beautiful layers it is…

2018 Weingut Willi Schaefer, Riesling Trocken, Graacher Himmelreich, VDP Grosses Gewächs, Mosel Germany.The Willi Schaefer Gaacher Himmelreich GG is a unicorn wine, maybe one of the rarest bottles you’ll see…

2019 I. Brand & Family, Pinot Noir, Enz Vineyard, Lime Kiln Valley, San Benito County.The 2019 Enz Pinot Noir, yes Pinot, is one of my favorites in the I. Brand…