Mexico isn’t the first place you’d expect to find Nebbiolo wines, given the arid desert climate and unforgiving terrain, but the Cetto family have been cultivating this Italian variety in Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe for over forty years. If you have been looking for an entry point to this up-and-coming
The 2018 Barbera del Monferrato, “Rosso Pietro” from Cantine Valpane, is an aromatic, medium-bodied red wine from Italy’s Piedmont region. This wine was imported by Kermit Lynch, and for the price, it’s a bargain. Not only are you getting a nice Barbera with a little age on it, but you’re
A $50 bottle of premier cru grower Champagne that tastes like a $100 bottle of Maison Champagne. Meet your new favorite small production sparkler, the 2013 Francois Lecompte, Premier Brut, from one of Champagne’s most beloved artisan grower producers.
Laurent-Perrier Champagne Cuvée Rosé is known for its distinct raspberry, strawberry, and red fruit notes. This sparkler’s elegant freshness and deep pink color make it the most popular product in the Laurent-Perrier lineup. Cuvée Rosé is so popular that some countries must allocate access to it!
The 2017 Caro from Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite and Nicolás Catena is an elegant Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon blend that embodies the essence of Bordeaux in the heart of Argentina’s Mendoza wine region.
We’ll just come out and say it; we don’t get what the Wine Spectator saw in this bottle of 2019 Schrader Cellars Double Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon.
Decanter Magazine awarded the 2018 Domaine du Grand Tinel, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc a 97-point score and a Platinum medal at their 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Greece is known for its acidic and bright white wines, refreshing wines that are perfect for the island’s hot Mediterranean climate. Assyrtiko and Savatiano come to mind for most wine lovers. What we rarely think of when we think of Greek wines are those made with Old World French varieties
A number of wine critics proclaim the 2010 Château Branaire-Ducru, Saint-Julien, Grand Cru Classé “worth the wait.” These Bordeaux wines are intended to age for decades and to age well. 2010 was a spectacular year, and we were thrilled to open this bottle and experience a great wine from a
Arbe Garbe wines are a favorite with sommeliers and wine lovers “in the know.” This under-the-radar producer crafts wines that are both botanically inspired and whimsical. In their native Friuli dialect, ‘arbe garbe’ translates to ‘bad weeds,’ but, as we discovered when we opened this bottle of 2020 Arbe Garbe
The Casanuova delle Cerbaie, Brunello di Montalcino 2012 is a stellar wine. We opened this bottle just as it crossed that magical ten-year threshold where Brunellos really start to express their true characteristics.
At first glance, you wouldn’t expect a former fisheries biologist and a former social services supervisor to be crafting quality wines in the northernmost reaches of California, but this is exactly what Don Bremm and Sharon Hanks are doing among the redwoods and ocean air in Humboldt County, California with
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