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2015 Domaine d’Ouréa, Gigondas, Rhone Valley, France. Adrien Roustan’s Domaine d’Ourea 2015 Gigondas is about 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah that is from the highest part of the region, it’s…

2016 Halcon Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Bearwallow Vineyard, Anderson Valley. Paul Gordon’s Halcon Vineyards is most known for their estate high elevation Syrah and Rhone style wines, but you’d be missing…

2016 Domaine de L’Ecu, Pinot Noir “Ange” Vin de France, Loire Valley, France. Fred Niger’s Ecu estate in the heart of the Muscadet region in the cool Loire Valley is…

2015 Domaine Bertrand et Axelle Machard de Gramont, Bourgogne Rouge “Les Grands Chaillots” Burgundy, France. This pretty and elegant Lieu Dit Les Grands Chaillots, is from Nuits-Saint-Georges, shows the lovely…

2016 Olivier Riviere, Rioja “Rayos Uva” Vino Tinto, Spain. Rioja’s newest star is a French transplant, Olivier Riviere, born just south of Bordeaux in the Cognac region, he’s studied in…

2016 Nanclares y Prieto Viticultores, Albarino “Paraje Mina” Vino Branco, Rias Baixas, Galicia Spain. What a crazy good wine this is from Silvia Prieto and Alberto Nanclares at Nanclares y…

2015 Joh. Jos. Prum, Riesling Auslese, Wehlener Sonnenhuhr, Mosel Germany. (375ml) J.J. Prum, founded in 1911 (which is young for such a heralded winery in Germany) is one of the…

2012 Weingut von Winning, Riesling Trocken, Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad, Deidesheim, Pfalz Germany. With all the great new releases from 2015 and 2016 vintages sometimes we forget to focus on wines that…

2015 Bonny Doon Vineyard, Cigare Alternative “E” Rhone Red Blend, Central Coast. Randall Grahm’s delicious and unique Alt-Cigare is an almost Bandol like blend of 77% Mourvedre from Del Barba…

2016 Daterra Viticultores (Laura Lorenzo) “Portela do Vento” Vino Tinto, Ribeira Sacra, Spain. From a vineyard in the Amandi, Val do Bibei, comes Laura Lorenzo’s Daterra Viticultores Portela do Vento…