Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 10, 2018
2016 Weingut Mueller-Catoir, Scheurebe Trocken, Haardter Mandelring, VDP Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany. Mueller-Catoir, run by the ninth generation vintner Philipp David Catoir is one of Germany’s finest estates in the…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 9, 2018
2017 Chateau Peyrassol, Rosé, Cuvee La Commanderie de Peyrassol, Cotes de Provence, France. Commanderie de Peyrassol, founded by the Knights Templar who were dedicated to protecting the Crusaders on way…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 8, 2018
2016 Yves Cuilleron, Condrieu “La Petite Cote” Northern Rhone, France. The 2016 whites from Yves Cuilleron are just spectacular with his lieu-dit Saint-Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage blancs really impressing me, but…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 7, 2018
2016 Cameron Winery, Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Oh, wow, this very dark 2016 Cameron Ribbon Ridge Pinot is really something else, it has a crazy first impression…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 6, 2018
2017 Weingut Friedrich Becker, Petit Rose, Pfalz Germany. One of Germany’s best known Pinot Noir producers, Weingut Friedrich Becker, in the Pfalz crafts some beautiful and detailed wines in this…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 5, 2018
2017 Diatom, Chardonnay “Santos Road” 3-D Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills. The Greg Brewer made, single clone Diatom, Chardonnay “Santos Road” known as the Hyde clone, is sourced from a tiny…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 4, 2018
2016 Jean Foillard, Gamay, Beaujolais-Villages, France. Foillard is one of the great wineries of France, famed for their Morgon Cru Beaujolais along with a single parcel Fleurie, these are absolutely…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 3, 2018
2011 J. Rochioli, Chardonnay, South River, Russian River Valley. Another full bodied single vineyard offering from Rochioli, the 14.5% natural alcohol South River is a lush and powerful wine that…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 2, 2018
n.v. Guy Larmandier, Brut Zero Premier Cru Champagne, Cotes des Blancs, A Vertus, France. I absolute love the latest version of Guy Larmandier’s Brut Zero Cotes des Blancs Champagne, it’s…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day June 1, 2018
2016 Spear Vineyards, Chardonnay, Gnesa Vineyard, Estate, Sta. Rita Hills. An absolutely gorgeous Chardonnay from Ofer Shepher’s Spear, who has the famed Greg Brewer as a consultant, with the main…