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2018 Russell Joyce Small Lot Collection, Old Vine Chenin Blanc, Carmel Valley, California.The new edition of Small Lot Collection by Russell Joyce, of Joyce Vineyards, is an amazing old vine…

2016 La Torre, Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Tuscany, Italy.The 2016 is going to be legendary in Tuscany and we are seeing the top wines already getting unbelievably good press, but…

2016 Weingut Mueller-Catoir, Scheurebe Trocken, Haardter Mandelring, VDP Erste Lage, Pfalz Germany.The gorgeous 2016 dry Mandelring Scheurebe by Mueller-Catoir, from Germany’s Pfalz region shows a brisk intensity and zesty form…

nv Cruse Wine Company, Tradition, Sparkling Wine, California.This bright and steely Cruse Tradition bubbly starts with a very Champagne like tension and a hint of reduction before opening up and…

2017 Cantine I Favati, Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Pietramara, Campania, Italy.The 2017 I Favati Fiano di Avellino starts with a masculine intensity with rustic elements that remind me of a…

2017 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Rosé of Pinot Noir/Spatburgunder Trocken, Nahe Germany. One of my favorite Rosés this year, the Kruger-Rumpf’s wild strawberry flavored dry Rosé of Pinot Noir from the Nahe…

2017 Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez, Mencia, Ultreira Saint Jacques, Bierzo, Spain.Raúl Pérez, one of the world’s great winemakers and one of the influential in his native Spain, is the…

2017 Drew Family Cellars, Pinot Noir, Wendling Vineyard, Anderson Valley.Drew’s 2017 Wendling Vineyard Pinot is bright and youthful in the glass with a deep garnet and ruby red hue that…

2016 Tablas Creek, Counoise, Adelaida District, Paso Robles.One of Tablas Creek’s rarest wines, the Counoise Rouge was (and is) one of the favorites of mine when I last tasted at…

2018 Weingut Spreitzer, Riesling Trocken, Rosengarten, Grosses Gewächs, Rheingau Germany.One of the wines of the vintage so far has to be the Spreitzer Rosengarten GG Riesling, this wonderfully aromatic and…