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2012 Domaine de L’ Hortus “Grande Cuvee” Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It was a pleasure to taste the L’ Hortus wines with Yves Orliac, who was visiting recently, and…

2013 Cave Caloz, Heida-Paien “Les Bernunes” Valais White, Switzerland. This remarkable white wine from Valais Switzerland is made from Heida-Paien, also known as Savignin, one of the white grapes found…

2011 Olek Bondonio, Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy. The 2011 Bondonio Barbaresco normale is a beautiful and full bodied Nebbiolo with lavishly layered complexity and real gravitas in substance, style and…

2013 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. The Trout Gulch Vineyard, close to Aptos, is a sweeping and beautiful hillside vineyard that is really making…

2014 Champ Divin-Fabrice et Valerie Closset, Pinot Noir, Cotes du Jura, France. The Jura is one of France’s major hot spots and while we all like those funky geeky wines…

2014 Julien Sunier, Fleurie, Cru Beaujolais, France. The Sunier Fleurie is the most exotic and developed of this artisan winemaker’s current lineup of 2014 Cru Beaujolais and is a real…

2014 Weingut Donnhoff, Riesling, Roxheimer Hollenpfad, Trocken, Nahe, Germany. This beautifully detailed and rather delicate dry Riesling is very aromatic, vivid and wonderfully balanced with a light body, polished acidity…

2015 Louis Antoine Luyt, Pipeno, Pais, Coelemu, Chile. The fresh and fun Pipeno Pais line from Louis Antoine Luyt are from some of the oldest vines still producing wine grapes…

n.v. Eric Rodez, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru Brut Champagne, Ambonnay, France. There isn’t many people more passionate about terroir and quality than Eric Rodez and it shows in his…

2014 Louis Antoine Luyt “Cruchon” Pinot Noir, Coteaux de Trumao, Valle del Bueno, Chile. The Cruchon Pinot Noir by Frenchman Louis Antoine Luyt is from old vines of Massale Selection,…