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2015 Joyce Vineyards, Syrah, Tondre Grapefield, Santa Lucia Highlands. The quaffable and elegantly framed 2015 Joyce Vineyards Syrah Tondre Grapefield is a lush and spicy red that has satiny texture…

2015 Ian Brand, Le P’Tit Paysan, Le P’Tit Pape, Central Coast. The wonderfully pure and stylish 2015 P’Tit Pape California Rhone blend by Ian Brand gushes with distinctive Grenache based…

2016 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Scheurebe Spatlese, Nahe Germany. What a gorgeous and sexy wine with an underlying exotic nature, but also extremely well balanced and structured from the Munsterer Dautenflanzer Grand…

2015 Antony Thevenet, Morgon Cru Beaujolais, France. The juicy and concentrated the young Thevenet’s Morgon is a focused and tasty Gamay wine that sits somewhere between Foillard and Lapierre on…

2016 Weingut Spreitzer, Riesling Feinherb, Winkeler Jesuitengarten, Alte Reben, Rheingau Germany. One of the my favorite Rieslings of the 2016 vintage so far is Spreitzer’s dense Jesuitegarten Alte Reben, think…

2013 Windy Oaks Estate, Syrah, Vaccaro Family Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains.* It’s exciting times at Windy Oaks Estate with a wonderful set of releases from Jim Schulzte’s cellar and a…

2013 E. Pira e Figli-Chiara Boschis, Barolo, Mosconi, Piedmonte, Italy. Chiara Boschis has crafted a legendary wine in this 2013 Mosconi Barolo, it’s far more concentrated and muscular than the…

2016 Weingut Merkelbach, Riesling Spatlese #8, Urziger Wurzgarten, Mosel Germany. The wonderfully textured and classically pure, the pre-sample of Merkelbach’s 2016 Urziger Wurzgarten Spatlese #8 is slimmer and lithe version…

n.v. Mouzon-Leroux, L’atavique, Tradition, Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne, Verzy, France. This is an exciting new to me grower producer that does a biodynamic Extra Brut from estate vines, 55%…

2014 Raul Perez-La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo Blanco, La del Vivo, Lomas de Valtuille, Spain. One of Raul Perez’s new projects, La Vizcaina de Vinos, is to explore the vines…