2019 Montinore Estate Pinot Gris Willamette Valley
Montinore farms organically and biodynamically. Fermentation for this wine is conducted in stainless steel with a mix of cultures, some inoculated. The wine ages…
Wine Reviews
Gosset to Ring in the New Year
On a sweeping tour of France in 2017, I had the good chance to visit Gosset at their gracious facility in Épernay, tasting their…
2019 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
At Big Table Farm, a 70-acre property in the Willamette Valley, Brian Marcy and Clare Carver raise vegetables, goats, pigs, cows, chickens, bees, and…
2015 Erpacrife Spumante Rosato Metodo Classico Langhe
Erpacrife is located in Castagnole delle Lanze, midway between Asti and Alba. The team of winemaker-owners — Erik Dogliotti, Paolo Stella, Cristian Calatroni, and…
2020 Medici Ermete Concerto Reggiano Lambrusco
Medici Ermete’s 2020 vineyard-designate Lambrusco is grown organically in the Tenuta la Rampata vineyard. The wine is 100 percent Lambrusco Salamino, and fermentation is…
2019 Donnafugata Floramundi Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Donnafugata’s Floramundi is 70 percent Nero d’Avola and 30 percent Frappato, two of Sicily’s commercially important native grape varieties. The wine ferments in stainless…
2018 Soter Vineyards Pinot Noir Mineral Springs Ranch Yamhill-Carlton
This Soter estate Pinot was grown in their 240-acre certified organic and biodynamic ranch in Yamhill-Carlton, which has both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines….
1974 Terrassous Vin Doux Naturel Rivesaltes
This extraordinary vintage vin doux naturel is a 50/50 blend of Grenache blanc and gris. After vinification and mutage (the addition of grape spirit…
2019 Willamette Valley Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyard’s estate Pinot noir is mix of clones, de-stemmed but with many berries remaining intact to encourage intracellular fermentation. The must had…
2018 Willamette Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir Bernau Block Willamette Valley
Jim Bernau planted a Pinot block in 1983 using own-rooted Dijon clone stock. Ten years later, the vines were grafted over to 667 and…
NV Berlucchi Rosé ’61 Franciacorta
In 1961, friends Guido Berlucchi, Franco Zillani, and Giorgio Lanciani decided to launch a sparkling wine project: Franciacorta. This wine, a nonvintage rosé sparkler,…
2019 Left Coast Chardonnay Truffle Hill Willamette Valley
The 14-acre estate Truffle Hill vineyard is so named because it’s also home to three acres of hazelnut trees that were inoculated for black…