April 18, 2020
Cameron Hughes buys well-known wineries’ excess juice (there’s been a lot of that lately), excess wine (not yet bottled), and excess shiners (wine in bottles without labels).[...]
April 17, 2020
Malbec is a French grape that used to be a staple of Bordeaux blends. No longer. While it’s still grown in France, especially in Cahors, it has become the darling[...]
April 10, 2020
Wine critic Natalie MacLean got it right, from my point of view, when she wrote, “Another fantastic vintage for Les Vignes De Bila-Haut 2017 and fantastic value.[...]
March 26, 2020
California’s North Coast – also known as the Redwood Empire – is an area between San Francisco Bay and the Oregon border, including Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties. The winery[...]
March 18, 2020
Michel Chapoutier is one of planet Earth’s finest winemakers, with offerings that run the pricing gamut, all the way up to $500+/bottle. Even the least expensive are really[...]
March 12, 2020
This is not a high-end, refined Pinot Noir that one tries to explain with multiple metaphors and similes. It’s uncomplicated, but hardly monotonous.[...]
February 28, 2020
Mourvedre is a wonderfully hardy, hearty grape, used extensively throughout the Southern Rhone, and usually a constituent of Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, and Vacqueyras. In Spain[...]
February 20, 2020
Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutiérrez tasted this wine twice: once from the barrel and once from the bottle. His notes are consistent. From the barrel, he gave it 92-93 points [...]
February 14, 2020
This is an absolutely delightful wine, rated 94 points – that’s the high end of “outstanding” – by Vinous Media’s Ian D’Agata. As he put it, “Bright red. Red cherry and[...]