Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 10, 2018
2014 Thibaud Boudignon, Anjou Blanc, Loire Valley, France. With a cult like following, the wines of Thibaud Boudignon are almost impossible to find on wine shop shelves, so it was…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 9, 2018-Throwback Thursday Re-Visit
2012 Rochioli, Pinot Noir, Estate Grown, Russian River Valley. One of California’s most famous classic Pinot Noir producers, Rochioli is a Russian River legend and still one of America’s finest…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 8, 2018
n.v. Christophe Mignon, Brut Nature Champagne, France. One of Champagne’s many new generation of natural/biodynamic winegrowers, Christophe Mignon is one of my favorite grower producers and his latest Brut Nature…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 7, 2018
2017 Bold Wines, Rosé of Grenache, Paso Robles/San Luis Obispo, Central Coast. The Bold wines label is part of a new Monterey project founded in 2014 under the Touchstone winery…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 6, 2018
2012 Big Basin Vineyards, Grizzly, Syrah/Grenache, Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. Bradley Brown’s Big Basin Vineyards is one of the Santa Cruz Mountains best producers of Rhone style wines and his…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 5, 2018
2015 Alain Graillot, Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, Northern Rhone, France. The deep garnet and purple Crozes 2015 from Graillot is a brilliant wine, punching way above it’s price class, it’s ripe per…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 4, 2018
2017 Domaine Tempier, Bandol Rosé, Provence, France. Lulu’s pink wine is one of the world great treats and become to some, me included, the right of passage into Summer, the…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 3, 2018
2012 Chateau de la Gardine, Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge, Rhone Valley, France. This old school Chateauneuf by Chateau de la Gardine was the almost unrivaled star of a Rhone blind…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 2, 2018
2016 Gulfi, Rossojbleo, Terre Siciliane IGT, Sicily, Italy. The all organic Gulfi Rossojbleo is a solid effort and great introduction to Gulfi’s Nero d’Avola wines, it’s a lighter and fresher…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day August 1, 2018
2017 Martha Stoumen, Post Flirtation Red, California. Martha’s Post Flirtation Red is made up of early picked and juicy Zinfandel 55% Grown in pure sand using sustainable and ecologically sound…