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2013 Jim Barry Wines, Shiraz “The Armagh” Clare Valley, South Australia.The beautiful Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz is really showing well at the moment with impressive restraint and layering, while…

2016 Luigi Ferrando, Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG “La Torrazza” Northern Piedmonte, Italy.One of the coolest and best value Italian whites from the Alto Piedmonte, the Ferrando Erbaluce di Caluso La…

2017 Domaine Camille et Mathieu Lapierre, Juliénas, Cru Beaujolais, France.The Lapierre Juliénas is beautifully ripe, perfumed and almost exotic in nature with its unique volcanic and schist soil giving loads…

2018 Weingut Carl Loewen, Riesling Trocken “Alte Reben” Mosel Germany.These 2018s by Christopher Loewen are something very special and maybe even a step up on the last few outstanding vintages…

2017 Domaine Vincent Paris, Crozes-Hermitage Rouge, Northern Rhone, France.Vincent Paris, whose first vintage was 1997, is a native of Cornas and one of the Northern Rhone’s brightest young stars with…

2017 Oliver Pithon, Cuvee Lais Rouge, Cotes du Languedoc, France. The old world Pithon Pais red blend from the lower Languedoc-Roussillon area in the Côtes Catalanes zone is made from…

2017 Wrath, Pinot Noir, Swan/828 (Clones), San Saba Vineyard, Monterey County.Sabrine Rodems, winemaker at Wrath has taken this label from obscurity to one of the best in Monterey with her…

2018 Weingut Korrell Johanneshof, Riesling Estate Trocken, Nahe, Germany.Based in the Bad Kreuznach-Bosenheim area of the Nahe River Valley, Korrell is one of the breakout stars to just hit the…

2018 Domaine Serol, Gamay, Cote Roannaise “Eclat de Granite” Loire Valley, France.Stephane Serol’s latest release, the 2018 Eclat de Granite is a lovely and intriguing red with a meaty core…

2018 Schlossgut Diel, Riesling Kabinett, Dorsheimer Pittermanchen, Nahe Germany.One of the most perfect Kabinett wines of the vintage so far is the gorgeous and impeccably balanced Pittermanchen by Schlossgut Diel…