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2012 Elisabetta Foradori, Fontanasanta, Manzoni Bianco, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, Trentino, Italy. This wine is one of the top ten whites of the year, in a great year for white…

2013 Weingut Eva Fricke, Riesling Trocken, Kiedrich, Rheingau Germany. Eva Fricke, former vineyard manager and winemaker at Leitz, has turned out some poised dry Rieslings for the 2013 vintage, these…

2013 Cantine Federiciane, Gragnano, Penisola Sorrentina DOC, Secco, Sparkling Red Wine, Italy. Slightly fizzy chilled red wine, it is the new geeky cool and you should not overlook them, there…

2012 Salvo Foti-I Vigneri 1435, Vino Rosso, Etna, Sicily. Salvo Foti is the Volcano Man, he makes and consults for some of if not all the greats of Mount Etna,…

Bodegas Grant, La Garrocha, Amontillado, Medium Dry, Sherry, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Jerez-Xeres-Sherry, Spain. The Bodegas Grant has been making fine Sherries since 1841 and their La Garrocha label…

2010 Relic, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley. The duo of Mike Hirby and Schatzi Throckmorton make and run Relic, a small lot winery in Napa Valley, these two worked at the…

Happy Grenache Day 2014 2013 Alfredo Maestro, Garnacha “El Marciano” Garnacha de Gredos-Navarredondilla (Avila) Spain. Here’s a beautiful and complex Grenache to celebrate Grenache Day 2014 and beyond! Today, September…

2009 Paul Chapelle, Santenay “Gravieres” Premier Cru Red Burgundy, France. The Paul Chapelle wines have to be some of the most underrated wines in all of Burgundy, here a guy…

2011 Luis Rodriguez Vazquez, Eidos Ermos Tinto, Ribeiro DO, Spain. The Luis Rodriguez label is something of a celebrity wine in the Ribeiro, these wines are always sought after and…

2011 Yves Cuilleron, Saint-Joseph, L’ Amarybelle, Vieilles Vignes, Rhone, France. I tasted the 2011 L’ Amarybelle twice now, and both times was left very much impressed, this Saint-Joseph old vine…