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2011 Beaux Freres, Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon. The Beaux Freres Willamette Valley cuvee is always a savvy wine to get and to enjoy in it’s youth, but I must…

Broadbent, Madeira Verdelho 10 Year, Madeira, Portugal. Some many times, Madeira, Port, Marsala and Sherry get overlooked, or thought of as an old persons tipple, so it is nice to…

2011 Stolpman, Syrah Angeli, Santa Ynez Valley. The top wine from Stoplman made by the talented Sashi Moorman since day one is a extreme, no holds barred Syrah with pure…

2012 Kruger-Rumpf, Scheurebe Spatlese Nahe Germany. Georg Rumpf’s brilliant 2012 Scheurebe is one of the most exciting wines of the vintage, and maybe the ultimate example of this grape, it…

2012 Selbach-Oster, Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr “Ur” Alte Reben Mosel, Germany. This Riesling from 100 Year Old Mosel vines in Zeltinger Sonnenuhr is a touch off dry technically, but is wonderfully…

2012 Muller-Catoir, Muskateller Haardt Trocken, Pfalz Germany. If you ever want to know how serious dry muscat should taste, then you must try Muller-Catoir’s Haardt Muskateller, in fact if you…

2011 Alfredo Maestro Tejero, white Albillo “Lovamor” (Ribera del Duero) Valladolid, Spain. Known for his inventive and rebel ways in the Ribera del Duero, Alfredo Maestro has become a leader…

1999 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Rhone Valley, France. I’ve always loved this vintage of VT, it was a sleeper, not hyped up like 2000 or the classic 1998,…

1995 Rocche dei Manzoni, Barolo DOCG “Vigna Big” Piedmonte, Italy. (1.5L Magnum) Wow, this 18 Year Old Barolo is still so young and fresh with great color and vivid purity,…