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2013 Francine et Olivier Savary, Chablis, Selection Vieilles Vignes, White Burgundy, France. The Savary Old Vine Chablis is a wonderful Chardonnay, it is known to bring joy and laughter and…

2011 Ferrando, La Torrazza, Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG, Piedmonte, White, Italy. This seriously delicious Italian white from northern Piedmonte in the greater Canavese area, a new hot spot for great…

2013 County Line, Zinfandel, Russian River Valley. County Line, the second label of Radio-Coteau and winemaker Eric Sussman, is offering out some great wines for the 2013 vintage, especially the…

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…