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2018 Veronica Ortega, Mencia “Quite” Valtuille, Bierzo D.O. Spain.The lively and well crafted entry level Quite Mencia from the talented Veronica Ortega is a pretty, pure and highly enjoyable with…

2018 Le Piane, Maggiorina, Vino Rosso, Alto Piedmonte, Italy.The lovely and vigorous Nebbiolo based wines of Le Piane, a small artisan producer in the Boca zone of Northern Piedmonte, in…

2018 Halcon Vineyards, Syrah “Elevacion” Estate Grown, Yorkville Highlands, Mendocino County.Paul Gordon’s Halcon Vineyard, which sits at 2,500 feet up about the Anderson Valley on unique schist soils in Mendocino’s…

2019 Bow & Arrow, Rhinestones, Johan Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon.One of Oregon’s most unique and tasty wines, Bow & Arrow’s Rhinestones is an all natural and organic blend of 65%…

2019 Le Miccine, Rosato di Toscana “P” IGT Rosé, Gaiole in Chianti Classico, Italy.Paula Papini Cook’s P Rosato di Toscana Rosé of Sangiovese from her all organic estate grapes at…

2010 Domaine la Monardiere, Vacqueyras Rouge, Les 2 Monardes, Cotes du Rhone Villages, Rhone Valley, France.The nearly perfect and in peak condition, Vacqueyras Les 2 Monardes, by Martine and Christian…

2018 Martha Stoumen, Negroamaro Rosato, Benson Ranch Vineyard, Mendocino County.There’s a time, when you taste something special, it takes you back to cherished memories and moments that bring unashamed joy…

2009 Charly Thevenet, Regnie “Grain & Granit” Cru Beaujolais, France.I featured this wine upon release, and stuck a few bottles away to explore later with this one my last and…

2018 Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage, Northern Rhone, France.One of the world’s standard barer wines, the Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage, one of its finest slash purist Syrah wines and a tremendous value for…

2019 Sheldon, Graciano, Luc’s Vineyard, Fountaingrove AVA, Sonoma County.The beautifully detailed, spicy, dark fruited and delicately perfumed Sheldon Graciano, from a home vineyard on the cool rocky hillsides between Healdsburg…