Wine Reviews

Palate Shepherd

Palate Shepherd

Two Shepherds Vineyards may be new, but winemaker William Allen is producing Rhône-style wines with finesse and gravity. Here, an interview with tasting notes.

Party in a Box

Party in a Box

Ninety Plus Cellars Holiday Essentials Price: about $60* Wine sampler packs are a great way to buy wine—and to sell it. Customers usually pay…

Mulderbosch Steen

Mulderbosch Steen

MulderboschChenin Blanc Steen op Hout Wine of Origin Western Cape201113.5% ABV | Price: about $14* I've recently tasted some admirable—and affordable—Chenin Blanc from South…

Hope, Hunter

Hope, Hunter

What happens when a white wine languishes a little too long on the rack? You might be surprised.

Albariño, Salt

Albariño, Salt

Albariño and salt are made together, and made for each other.

Altri Italiani

Altri Italiani

I recently taught a class on Italian wine. My research, so called, took me on a clockwise virtual tasting tour of the boot of Italy,…

Due Italiani

Due Italiani

Cappella Sant’Andrea Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG 2010 12.5% ABV | Price: about $15* Neirano Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG NV 7% ABV | Price: about…

Lemberger

Lemberger

Grafen NeippergLemberger "Württemberg"200513% ABV | Price: about $15 Germans call this grape lemberger, but in Austria, where it's more widely planted, they call it…

Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold

Edmunds St. John Heart of Gold 2010 12.9% ABV | Price: about $20 This wine is a blend of 72% vermentino and 28% grenache…

SanSì

SanSì

Azienda Agricola Scagliola Barbera d’Asti Superiore “SanSì” 2008 14.5% ABV | Price: about $40 This wine is 100% barbera, and the grapes derive from…

Corse

Corse

Domaine de Granajolo Corse Porto-Vecchio 2009 13% ABV | Price: about $14 André Boucher’s Domaine de Granjolo comprises 20 hectares in the southern tip of…

Zing

Zing

Twisted Oak Grenache Blanc “Calaveras County” 2010 13.2% ABV | Price: about $24* This wine is 94% grenache blanc and 6% viognier. Only a…