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1996 Schloss Schonborn, Riesling, Domdechaney, Rheingau, Germany. Graf von Schonborn Schloss Schonborn is one of the Rheingau region’s classic estates and has been making wine under the Schonborn family since…

2013 Vino Volvoreta, Flores de Cerezo, Toro DO, Spain. Maria Alfonso Hernandez, of Toro in Spain, joins the list of aspiring young female natural winemakers, she, like Arianna Occhipinti in…

2011 Benoit Dehu, Coteaux Champenois Rouge “La Rue des Noyers” Pinot Meunier, Champagne Still Red Wine, France. This old Champagne house has been around since before the French Revolution, it…

2013 Domaine Clusel-Roch, Traboules, Coteaux du Lyonnais, France. Guillaume Clusel’s Traboules is 100% Gamay from just outside of Lyon, but made at Ampuis, Northern Rhone, not too far away, made…

2012 Black Kite, Pinot Noir, Kite’s Rest, Anderson Valley. Black Kite is one of the most prized Pinots in the state and the 2012’s are some of the best wines…

2010 Castello di Ama, Chianti Classico “Ama” DOCG, Tuscany, Italy. The Castello di Ama 2010 Ama Chianti Classico is beautiful, old school and earthy with a cool vintage vibrancy and…

2012 Bucklin, Ancient, Old Hill Ranch, Proprietary Red, Sonoma Valley. Will Bucklin’s latest Zinfandel blend from the historic Old Hill Ranch is a stunner, this is an awesome wine and…

2014 Domaine Vissoux-Pierre Chermette, Beaujolais Primeur (Nouveau) Gamay, France. This is really good good! Not your typical Beaujolais Nouveau, maybe that is why Pierre Chermette doesn’t label it Nouveau at…

2013 Arnot-Roberts, Chardonnay, Trout Gulch Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. The Trout Gulch Chardonnay comes off a vineyard above Aptos in the cool south Santa Cruz Mountains, not far from the…

2013 Weingut Nigl, Gruner Veltliner, Alte Reben, Kremstal, Austria. The 2013 wines from the Wachau and Kresmstal regions are the finest and more intense I’ve seen, it might be the…