Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 30, 2015
2013 Mas de Daumas Gassac, Haut Vallee du Gassac Blanc, L’ Herault Languedoc White, France. This has become an iconic wine of the the south of France with an exotic…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 29, 2015
2014 Mas Grand Plagniol, Costieres de Nimes, Rhone Red, France. The 2014 Plagniol Rouge, a fine light to medium bodied effort is a blend of 50% Syrah and 50% Grenache…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 28, 2015
2014 Weingut Ingrid Groiss, Gruner Veltliner, Weinviertel DAC, Austria. Here’s another exceptional release from Groiss, and while 2013 remains the absolute star vintage in a generation the 2014 wines are…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 27, 2015
nv Stephane Serol, Turbullent, Natural Sparkling Gamay Rose, Cote Roannaise, Loire Valley, France. This pretty and fun Turbullent “Pet Nat” style méthode ancestrale sparkling Rosé of Gamay by Domaine Serol…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 26, 2015
2011 Podere Le Cinciole, Chianti Classico DOCG, Tuscany, Italy. Le Cinciole from Panzano in Chianti, near historic Greve, makes a smooth and elegant style Classico with stylish flourish, especially good…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 25, 2015
2014 Chateau Soucherie, Rose de Loire “Cuvee L’ Astree” Loire Valley, France. The Soucherie rose of Cabernet Franc from the Anjou region of the Loire is a very stylish and…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 24, 2015
2014 Fiorini, Lambrusco Grasparossa “Becco Rosso” Emilia-Romagna, Red Sparkling Wine, Italy. The Florin Becco Rosso is a clear and most dry red Lambrusco done in the Charmat method and is…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 23, 2015
nv Sean Thackrey, Pleiades XXIV Old Vines, Red Table Wine, California. Sean Thackrey’s old vine Pleiades is now on the 24th edition and it still as intriguing and beguiling as…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 22, 2015
2013 Chateau Valcombe “Les Hauts de Valcombe” Ventoux Rouge, Rhone, France. The Valcombe vines are about 75 years old and sit low on the slopes of Mount Ventoux, they are…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day July 21, 2015
2014 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling “Ur” alte Reben Feinherb, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Mosel Germany. The “uratle” or extremely old vine cuvee from Selbach-Oster is crafted traditionally from 80 to 100 year old…