Category: Wine Reviews

2014 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling, Trocken, Nahe Germany. Getting an early preview of the 2014 vintage was a thrill, especially good was the Kruger-Rumpf Estate Trocken, it is a beautiful wine…

2012 Villa i Cipressi, Rosso di Montalcino DOC, Tuscany, Italy. This 100% Sangiovese Grosso, by former Honey barons Villa i Cipressi is gorgeous and lingering with perfumed fruit, rich texture…

2013 Jean-Francois Quenard, Persan “Les 2 Jean” Vin de Savoie Rouge, France. The grape is Persan, it is native varietal to the Rhone-Alpes and Savoie, but can also be found…

2013 Domaine Weinbach, Sylvaner Reserve, Clos des Capucins, Vin d’ Alsace, France. Domaine Weinbach is one of my favorite Alsace producers along with Deiss and Marc Tempe, and their Sylvaner…

2013 Elio Altare, Dolcetto d’ Alba DOC, Piedmonte, Italy. The Altare 2013 Dolcetto is a marvelous success in what is easily the toughest vintage since 2002 in Piedmonte, and it…

2013 Weingut Ingrid Groiss, Gemischter Satz, White Blend, Breitenwaida-Weinviertel, Austria. This wild natural field blend, the Gemischter Satz Trocken 13% alcohol from 50 year old vines, has 17 different varietals…

2010 Tre Monti “Petrignone” Sangiovese Riserva, Sangiovese di Romagna D.O.C. Superiore Riserva, italy. True Monti’s beautiful and rich Petrignone is pre and dark Sangiovese from Italy’s Romagna region, grown on…

2011 Hubert Meyer, Pinot Noir, Fut en Chene, Vin d’Alsace, France. This is beautiful and character filled wine, a detailed and complex Pinot Noir with full flavors and only at…

2013 Weingut Selbach-Oster, Riesling, Anrecht, Zeltinger Himmelreich, Mosel Germany. This is a fabulous white wine, I rank it up there with the great wines of the world, and it sells…

2011 Domaine Camus-Bruchon & Fils, Savigny-Les-Beaune, Aux Grands Liards, Vieilles Vignes, Red Burgundy, France. This wonderful Cote de Beaune Pinot Noir comes from the 90 plus year old Grand Liards…