Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 13, 2025
2021 Weingut Mönchhof, Spätlese Riesling “Mosel Slate” Mosel, Germany.One of the best ways to celebrate Riesling’s 590th birthday is with this wine from Mönchhof, a producer with records dating back…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 12, 2025
2023 Flanagan Wines, Viognier, Bennett Valley, Sonoma County.This 2023 Flanagan Bennett Valley Viognier is absolutely stunning in the glass with crystalline purity, mineral intensity, textured form and beautiful aromatics with…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 11, 2025
2022 Masca del Tacco, Ru Rappaio, Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Puglia, Italy.An under the radar, value priced and tasty red wine at the recent Tre Bicchieri tasting by Gambero Rosso…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 10, 2025
2023 Weingut Leitz, Riesling Spätlese, Rüdesheimer Magdalenenkreuz, Rheingau Germany.The Leitz Magdalenenkreuz Spatlese, as I’ve said before, is a happy place wine for me, is always expressive and pure, the name…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 9, 2025
2017 Capanna, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy.The 2017 Capanna Brunello is a wonderful surprise in a weaker vintage for the region and shows off a beautiful and complex full…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 8, 2025
2021 Weingut Karthäuserhof, Riesling Trocken, Schieferkristall, Ruwer-Mosel, Germany.The steely, zesty and racy bone dry 2021 Schieferkristall Trocken by the famous Karthäuserhof winery based in the Ruwer Valley, off the Mosel,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 7, 2025
2020 Bindi Sergardi – Tenuta I Colli, Chianti Classico DOCG “Ser Gardo” Tuscany, Italy.A new discovery for me, this 2020 Bindi Sergardi – Tenuta I Colli Chianti Classico, 100% Sangiovese,…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 6, 2025
n.v. Broadbent Selections, Madeira, Verdelho, 10 Year Old, Portugal.The latest release of Broadbent’s Verdelho 10 Year Madeira is lovely and vinous on the palate with vibrant with zesty burnt orange…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 5, 2025
2017 Weingut Rings, Riesling Trocken, Saumagen VDP Grosses Gewächs, Pfalz, Germany.The gorgeous, bright golden hued and wonderfully evolving 2017 Rings GG, which comes from the chalky limestone single vineyard Kallstadter…
Grapelive: Wine of the Day March 4, 2025
2022 Sadie Family Wines, Cinsault “Pofadder” Swartland, South Africa.As I’ve said before, South Africa has some of the best Cinsault wines in the wold and Sadie’s Pofadder Cinsault is maybe…