Less potent libations
Troon’s Rhône-style white blend is 55 percent Roussanne, 25 percent Marsanne, and 20 Viognier, organically and biodynamically grown in their estate Cowhorn vineyard. It’s…
Troon draws inspiration for their Vermentino from the wines of Corsica and Sardegna. The fruit is organically and biodynamically grown in their estate vineyard,…
Ciavolich’s Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is hand-harvested, de-stemmed, crushed, and given 24 to 36 hours of maceration to earn color. Winemaking, with ambient cultures, follows the…
On a sweeping tour of France in 2017, I had the good chance to visit Gosset at their gracious facility in Épernay, tasting their…
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…
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…
In 1961, friends Guido Berlucchi, Franco Zillani, and Giorgio Lanciani decided to launch a sparkling wine project: Franciacorta. This wine, a nonvintage rosé sparkler,…
Winemaker and owner Roberta Bricolo has converted her family estate in Bardolino to organic production and now makes a range of red, white, and…
Tablas Creek’s Côtes de Tablas Blanc is a Rhône-style white blend based on Viognier. In this 2020 vintage, the cuvée is 38 percent Viognier,…
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….
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…
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…