2015 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling Spatlese, Munsterer Dautenpflanzer, Nahe Germany. Georg Rumpf’s concentrated and richly flavored Munsterer Dautenpflanzer Spatlese reveals the glories of the vintage and while deep and sweet on…
2016 Daterra Viticultores (Laura Lorenzo) “Camino de la Frontera” Vino Tinto, Arribes, Spain. Grown along the Duero River across from Portugal Laura Lorenzo’s Daterra Camino de la Frontera is an…
2016 Weingut Leitz, Riesling Kabinett, Rüdesheimer Berg Kaisersteinfels, Terrassen, Grosse Lage, Rheingau Germany. What a thrilling wine, don’t let that word Kabinett on the label fool you, this drinks drier…
2015 Domaine d’Ouréa, Vacqueyras, Rhone Valley, France. A blend from “Hautes Garrigues” and “Les Pendants” plots, Adrien Roustan’s beautiful Vacqueyras is a pure terroir wine with amazingly deep character that…
2014 Albatross Ridge, Pinot Noir “First Flight” Estate, Carmel Valley, Monterey County. The late release of a the Albatross Ridge First Flight, from Garrett Bowlus, is a refined and extremely…
2014 K Vintners, Syrah “Motor City Kitty” Washington State. The Charles Smith K Vintners “M*C*K Syrah is a rock and roll red that proves both powerful and wonderfully textural in…
2016 Sheldon Wines, Syrah, Luc’s Vineyard, Fountaingrove, Sonoma County. The wonderfully crisp and finessed Sheldon Syrah Luc’s Vineyard from the Fountaingrove AVA is unbelievably dreamy on the palate with a…
2015 Saint Cosme, Crozes-Hermitage, Northern Rhone, France. The Louis Barruol Saint Cosme Crozes Hermitage is as terroir driven and pure as it get for Northern Rhone Syrah with exceptional detail…
2013 Cascina Ballarin di Viberti Luigi e Figli, Barolo “Tre Ciabot” Piedmonte, Italy. This little known La Morra Barolo estate is run by the Viberti family, since 1928, and is…
2016 Joyce Vineyards, Syrah, Tondre Grapefield, Santa Lucia Highlands. The youth movement and generational change in Monterey wines has arrived with a flourish and you should take notice, these young…