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2016 Florian Roblin Vigneron, Pinot Noir/Gamay, Coteaux du Giennois Rouge “Champ Gibault” Loire Valley, France. This appellation on the eastern edge of the Loire Valley northeast of Sancerre produces almost…

2015 Anne-Sophie Dubois, Fleurie, Cru Beaujolais “Clepsydre” Cuvee, France. One of the newest stars on the Beaujolais seen, Anne-Sophie Dubois makes deeply pure and flavorful expressions with this one from…

2016 Domaine Rimbert, Saint Chinian Rouge “Le Mas au Schiste” Languedoc, France. Jean-Marie Rimbert, a “Carignaniste” for being a staunch supporter the Carignan in the Languedoc’s Saint Chinian region is…

2015 Yves Cuilleron, Saint-Joseph Rouge “Les Pierres Seches” Northern Rhone, France. Founded back in 1920, the Cuilleron family domaine from the tiny hamlet of Verlieu in Chavanay is a Northern…

2016 Waxwing Wine Cellars, Pinot Noir, Lester Family Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains. Scott Sisemore’s Waxwing Wine Cellars is a micro winery in Belmont, just south of San Francisco that produces…

2014 Bonny Doon Vineyard, Le Cigare Blanc, Beeswax Vineyard, Arroyo Seco, Monterey County. The normal Le Cigare Blanc is a beauty with texture and vitality, a very Chateauneuf du Pape…

2015 Yves Cheron, Gigondas “Grand Montmirail” Vieilles Vignes, Rhone Red, France. Grown on the decomposed limestone of the hillsides of the Dentelles de Montmirail which reach a height of 2,600…

2016 Joyce Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Submarine Canyon, Monterey County. Russell Joyce’s regional Pinot Noir cuvee, the Submarine Canyon, is one of the best deals on Pinot around, especially this 2016…

2015 Forge Cellars, Dry Riesling Classique, Finger Lakes, New York. The Finger Lakes outpost of Rhone legend Louis Barruol, famed Gigondas producer, Forge Cellars is a new project focused on…

2016 Pedro Parra y Familia, Cinsault “Imaginador” Itata, Chile. Pedro Parra is one of the world’s most sought after terroir specialists, literally he is Doctor Dirt, with a Ph.D on…