2019 Centralas Pinot Noir Syren Spear Vineyards Santa Rita Hills
Centralas’s vineyard designate Pinot noir is sourced from a certified organic vineyard planted to Clone 667. The fruit was de-stemmed and fermented with ambient…
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2018 Ca’ dei Zago Prosecco Valdobbiadene
Ca’ dei Zago’s vintage Prosecco is a col fondo, the ancient method that gives the wine its glitter from a second fermentation in bottle….
2015 Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Sonoma Mountain Sonoma County
This is an estate wine from the 14-acre Laurel Glen Vineyard, first planted in 1968. The site has been certified organic since 2014 and…
2018 Mas des Chimères Nuit Grave Terrasses du Larzac
This enchanting wine is a blend of 48 percent Syrah, 22 percent Mourvèdre, 20 percent Grenache, and 10 percent Carignan grown in the brushy…
2017 Domaine Faiveley Les Villeranges Rully
Faiveley’s Rully is old school but stylish, 100 percent Chardonnay (as white Rully must be), from the Villeranges lieu-dit. The fruit was pressed and…
2019 Elena Walch Gewürztraminer Kastelaz Alto Adige
Elena Walch’s Gewürz is estate grown in her Kastelaz Vineyard, a south-facing plot that lies at 350m elevation. Its solid gold robe is perfumed…
Firriato Gaudensius Blanc de Noir Brut Metodo Classico Etna
Firrato’s traditional-method sparkling wine is made from 100 percent Nerello Mascalese sourced from the northeastern side of Mt. Etna. It spends 30 months en…
2020 Kir-Yianni Xinomavro Rosé L’Esprit du Lac Vieilles Vignes Amyndeon
Kir-Yianni’s rosé is made from Xinomavro grown on 60-year-old vines in Amyndeon, in northwestern Greece, where soils are poor and sandy. This is a…
2018 Domaine des Sanzay Saumur Champigny
Domaine des Sanzay’s Saumur-Champigny is a mercurial wine, youthful but with the stuffing to age. Made from organically farmed Cabernet Franc, it’s rich raspberry-red…
2019 Domaine de Reuilly Pinot Gris Rosé Reuilly
I love this vin gris of Pinot gris. The fruit is biodynamically grown, then pressed with sufficient skin contact to create a wine that’s…
2019 Montebruno Rosé Oregon
Montebruno’s rosé is made from Pinot noir, organically farmed, from the Umpqua and Willamette Valleys. The skins stay in contact with the must for…
2017 Cantina Terlan Pinot Bianco Vorberg Alto Adige
This varietal Pinot bianco is hand-harvested and fermented with temperature control in large oak barrels. The wine ages for a year, also in barrel,…