Category: Wine Reviews

2012 Cattleya, Syrah, Soberanes Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands. Bibiana Gonzales Rave is a Colombian woman winemaker, you don’t hear that too often, and she is also extremely accomplished and talented…

2013 Lucy, Rose of Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands (Pisoni Family) The Lucy Rose was made to give money to breast cancer research, at least one dollar for every bottle…

2010 Fattoria di Felsina Berardenga, Rancia Chianti Classico Riserva, Castelnuovo Berardenga DOCG, Tuscany Italy. Felsina’s historic Rancia is an ancient plot that was once a Benedictine monastery site in the…

2012 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling, Munsterer Kapellenberg, Trocken, Nahe Germany. The dry Kapellenberg Riesling from Rumpf was a fresh experience, I had not had an opportunity to taste and spend time…

2011 Foradori, Morei, Teroldego Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, Trentino, Italy. Elisabetta Foradori’s wines are hand-crafted, biodynamic and natural with some of the cuvees raised and aged in amphora, like this…

2012 Weingut Leitz, Riesling, Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck, Spätlese, Rheingau Germany. Johannes Leitz makes some of the finest wines in Germany and his Rheingau Rieslings are world renown, so I would…

2012 Weingut H. Donnhoff, Riesling, Oberhauser Brucke, Eiswein, Nahe Germany. 375ml-Half Bottle. Cornelius Donnhoff’s Oberhauser Brucke icewine 2012 is absolutely perfect and one of the most pristine examples of sweet…

2012 Selbach-Oster, Riesling “Anrecht” Zeltinger Himmelreich, Mosel Germany. Johannes Sellach’s magnificent Anrecht is easily a potential 100 Point perfect wine, this 2012 is set for a glorious future and is…

2010 G.D. Vajra, Freisa “Kye” DOC Langhe, Piedmonte, Italy. The Vajra Freisa is exotic and glorious, by far the most intriguing and complex version of this grape I have sampled…

2009 La Spinetta Vursu, Barolo Vigneto Campe DOCG, Piedmonte, Italy. Giorgio Rivetti’s Campe Barolo is always a special treat, in fact all the La Spinetta wines are delicious treats and…