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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
La Mesma’s Gavi “Indi” is pale straw yellow with a straightforward fragrance of citrus pith and laurel. The palate is linear and slightly bitter,…
Trimbach’s reserve Pinot is garnet colored and fragrant of high-toned cherries steeped in tarragon, thyme, and basil. The palate adds ripe red and dried…
Salty, surprising, and delicious
Vivacious sparkling and still wines from a tiny Veneto winery
Vibrant Riesling pét-nat
Plummy, elegant old-vine Cinsault
A red pét-nat from Vermont, great with charcuterie