Pierre Sparr Brut Rosé Crémant d’Alsace
Sparr’s rosé crémant is 100 percent Pinot noir grown in a gallimaufry of soils. The fruit is hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, and fermented,…
Wine Reviews
2020 Troon Vineyard Kubli Bench Amber Applegate Valley
Troon’s biodynamic orange wine is a blend of about two-thirds Riesling balanced by Vermentino and a splash of Viognier. The grapes spend about three…
2018 Birichino Chenin Blanc Old Vines Jurassic Park Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley
This old-vine wine hails from a vineyard Birichino winemakers John Locke and Alex Krause describe as a dinosaur boneyard. The pair ferments the grapes…
2019 Salomon Undhof Grüner Veltliner Wieden Kremstal
Salomon Undhof’s Grüner is straw yellow color, very faint, with clear rim and a perfume of apple blossom, white peach, and cut grass. It’s…
François Montand Brut Rosé VdF
Montand sources Grenache and Cinsault from various sites in France, including Gascony and the Jura, for this traditional-method sparkler that spends a modest nine…
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve Champagne
What a year it’s been! But this particular evening I had something to celebrate, having received my second vaccine dose and, after a few…
2019 Maison Noir Pinot Noir Other People’s Pinot Willamette Valley
For his “Other People’s Pinot,” winemaker André Hueston Mack sources grapes from a medley of Willamette Valley vineyards. He treats the fruit to a…
2019 Azores Wine Company Rosé Vulcanico Azores
Salty, surprising, and delicious
Sfriso Winery Sparkling and Still
Vivacious sparkling and still wines from a tiny Veneto winery
2020 Gilbert Cellars Pétillant-Naturel Columbia Valley
Vibrant Riesling pét-nat
2018 Birichino Old Vine Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard Mokelumne River Lodi
Plummy, elegant old-vine Cinsault
2019 Ellison Estate Vineyard Marquette Regeneration 5 Pétillant-Naturel Vermont
A red pét-nat from Vermont, great with charcuterie