Grapelive Wine of the Year: Donnhoff Eiswein 2012 Nahe, Germany
2012 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Oberhauser Brucke, Eiswein, Nahe Germany. 375ml-Half Bottle. Cornelius Donnhoff’s Oberhauser Brucke icewine 2012 is absolutely perfect and one of the most pristine examples of sweet wine…
Wine of the Day December 31, 2014
N.V. Franck Pascal, Tolerance, Brut Rose Champagne, Valle de la Marne, France. The Champagne Franck Pascal bubbly is a unique terroir expression wine from heavier clay soils of his estate…
Wine of the Day December 30, 2014
2012 Piero Benevelli, Barbera d’ Alba DOC, Bricco Ravera, Piedmonte, Italy. Massimo Benevelli only makes about 4,000 total each vintage from family plots in Barolo’s Monforte d’ Alba in the…
Wine of the Day December 29, 2014
2012 Lucia by Pisoni, Syrah, Garys’ Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands. The Lucia wines have touched a next level (of quality) with the 2012 vintage, and I think they are lead…
Wine of the Day December 28, 2014
2010 Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne-Romanee, Red Burgundy, France. This is a good time of year, lots of gifts around the Holiday Season, and some wonderful wine being shared, I felt blessed…
Wine of the Day December 27, 2014
2007 Paolo Bea, Pipparello, Rosso Riserva, Montefalco DOC, Umbria, Italy. The wines at Paolo Be a are natural, unique and wonderfully different, they employee natural winemaking methods, no chemicals or…
Happy Boxing Day-Wine of the Day December 26, 2014
2013 Alfaro Family, Pinot Noir, Mary Katherine Vineyard, Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. The organically certified vines are used to create the Mary Katherine wines at Alfaro Family Vineyards, both the…
Merry Christmas-Wine of the Day December 25, 2014
2009 Vilmart et Cie, Grand Cellier “Rubis” Vintage Brut Rose Champagne, Rilly la Montagne, France. Vilmart’s stellar 2009 Rubis Vintage Rubis Rose is one of my wines of the year,…
Wine of the Day December 24, 2014
N.V. Pierre Peters, Cuvee de Reserve, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru Brut Champagne, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, France. Rodolphe Peters makes some wonderful artisan Champagne from estate vines in one of the…
Wine of the Day December 23, 2014
2011 Domaine Antoine Jobard, Meursault-Genevrieres, Premier Cru White Burgundy, France. Jobard is one of the very top Meursault producers, a small family run Domaine using organic farming and traditional methods,…