Red Wine

If you’ve been following this wine blog for a while, we make no secret of our love of Catena Zapata wines.

Gamays are beloved by the wine community for their excellent value and approachable “drink anytime” palates, and this 2020 Château Thivin Brouilly Reverdon is no exception. Crafted by the Geoffray family, a six-generation winemaking family from Brouilly, this bottling is fresh, full of fruit, and an exceptional example of Côte-de-Brouilly

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

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.

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

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

J.J. Huber’s Laguna Canyon Winery is a favorite with the locals, and the 2016 Laguna Canyon Winery Chaparral Cuvée, Fountaingrove, a Bordeaux-inspired blend, is a great example of why.

With Calluna Estates, winemaker and proprietor David Jeffery seeks to capture the magic of Bordeaux in Sonoma County. Like many producers who work with grapes from the Chalk Hill AVA, his wines are highly sought after.