Category: Wine Reviews

2012 Domaine Amido, Signargues Cotes du Rhone Village, Rhone Red France. Without question Domaine Amido makes some of the best bargain wines from the Rhone, and this new release is…

2012 Domaine Adele Rouze, Quincy AC, Loire Valley France. This lively and vibrant white from France’s Loire Valley is pure and terroir driven, making for an interesting and suave wine…

2010 Joseph Phelps “Insignia” Proprietary Red, Napa Valley. (preview)* Will Phelps, grandson of the famed Napa Pioneer and vintner Joseph Phelps, recently showed off the future release of the fabled…

German Riesling Reviews: 2011 Riesling Report, Part Two by Kerry Winslow This is the second part of my year in Riesling, the vintage 2011, and highlights the wines that I…

2011 Domaine La Bastide Saint Dominique, red Cotes du Rhone Villages, Rhone Valley France. Don’t miss this pure Cotes du Rhone Villages from Bastide, it is a wonderful fresh red…

2011 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, Riesling “Munsterer Pittersberg” Trocken, Nahe, Germany. This pure expression of place and grape is strikingly focused and beautifully detailed from start to finish, this is an outstanding…

2011 Bodega Tajinaste, Tinto Tradicional Valle de la Orotava DO, Tenerife Canary Islands Spain. The Canary Islands are the new wine geek hot spot, there are some utterly delicious and…

2011 Weingut Leitz “Leitz Out” Riesling QbA, Rheingau Germany. Playing off the fact that English speakers most often mispronounce Leitz (Leetz instead of Lights) Josi (Johannes) Leitz uses “Leitz Out”…

2011 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Chardonnay “Lindsay Paige Vineyard” Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. This wine is one of the best kept secrets in Chardonnay in California, and is a fantastic value,…

2011 Weingut Dr. Hermann, Riesling Urziger Wurtzgarten Kabinett, Mosel Germany. Dr. Hermann’s old vines, which originated when his plots were part a grand estate that included the ones now under…