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2014 POE, Pinot Noir, Manchester Ridge Vineyard, Mendocino Ridge. The talented Samantha Sheehan’s POE wines are beautifully and artfully crafted wines from expressive cool climate sites, most in and around…

2015 Southold Farm & Cellar, Chasing Moonlight, Estate Sparkling Lagrein, N. Fork of Long Island, New York. When we Californian’s think of east coast wines, especially New York we think…

2015 Wind Gap, Soif Red Wine, North Coast. The 2015 Wind Gap is a creative kitchen sink old vine carbonic red made for pure drinking pleasure with low alcohol at…

2014 Champ DiVin, Cremant du Jura “Zero Dosage” Sparkling Wine, France. The Closset’s have crafted a beauty in this gorgeous and hedonistic bubbly from their small Champ DiVin vineyard in…

2015 Martinelli, Rosé of Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast. This is no wimpy pink, this Martinelli has a full flavored mouth feel and at 14.9% is not lean, but remarkably fresh…

2009 Jerome Chezeaux, Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Chaumes, Red Burgundy, France. The 2009 Chezeaux Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes Premier cru is a lovely and stylish wine just hitting it’s stride with…

2013 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat, Chablis AC, White Burgundy, France. Even from an irregular vintage the Dauvissat Chablis is a beauty with searing lime, wet stones and graceful mineral tones, it…

2014 Banshee, Cabernet Franc, Algeria Vineyard, Russian River Valley. This is a single vineyard expression of unique qualities that makes it a very intriguing wine of place, it doesn’t show…

2013 Domaine du Prieure, Bourgogne Rouge, France. Jean-Michel Maurice’s basic Bourgogne is from a plot in Savigny les Beaune and it’s carefully crafted to be an easy drinking beautiful Pinot…

2015 Domaine Amido, Rosé Tavel “Les Amandines” Rhone Valley, France. The 2015 Tavel from Domaine Amido is a deeply hued and flavor filled pink that delivers rich detail and refreshing…