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2015 Big Basin Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Alfaro Family Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. Bradley Brown’s Big Basin is one of the stars of the Santa Cruz Mountains, specializing in estate Rhone…

2016 Hundred Suns, Pinot Noir “Old Eight Cut” Willamette Valley, Oregon. Grant Coulter, who has made wines at Beaux Freres since 2007, and Renée Saint-Amour’s Hundred Suns Wines (a reference…

2015 Isole e Olena, Chianti Classico DOCG, Tuscany, Italy. A deep and rich Chianti Classico by Isole e Olena that delivers a smooth and ripe palate showing layers of black…

2017 Kelley Fox Wines, Pinot Blanc, Freedom Hill Vineyard, Coast Range, Willamette Valley, Oregon. This impressive white, 100% Pinot Blanc, from Kelley Fox reveals elegant white Burgundy character and finesse,…

2017 Domaine Serol, Gamay, Cote Roannaise “Eclat de Granite” Loire Valley, France. Stephane Serol is making some compelling wines from his upper Loire Cote Roannaise estate from Saint Romain clone…

2016 Domaine Font Sarade, Vacqueyras, Les Hauts de la Ponche, Rhone Valley, France. The Domaine Font Sarade wines are crafted by the father and daughter team of Bernard and Claire…

2016 Vietti, Barbera d’Asti DOC “Tre Vigne” Piedmonte, Italy. One of the most reliable and delicious red wines on earth, the Vietti Barbera d’Asti Tre Vigne never disappoints with a…

2016 Weingut Von Schubert-Maximin Grünhauser, Riesling Kabinett, Abtsberg, Mosel, Germany. The beautiful Kabinett Abtsberg 2016 is a crystal clean and mineral driven Riesling that while off dry and generous has…

2017 Ameztoi “Stimatum” Getariako Txakolina Tinto, Spain. The Basque Beaujolais! The Ameztoi Stimatum (Esteemed) is 100% Hondarribi Beltza from vines grown on limestone in the Getaria region of northwestern Spain…