2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Esprit Blanc is its prestige Rhône-style white. The blend is 63 percent Roussanne, a grape with firm structure and texture, with the…
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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…
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 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 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…
2019 Huber Grüner Veltliner Vision Niederösterreich
Huber’s varietal Grüner is sourced from a mix of organically farmed vineyards. The must is in contact with the skins for two hours, to…
2017 Émile Beyer Pinot Noir Eguisheim Alsace
The Émile Beyer winery was established in Eguisheim in 1580 and is now managed by the family’s 14th generation. Farming is organic and the…
2016 Brooks Sparkling Riesling Willamette Valley
Brooks’s traditional-method Riesling is fermented in stainless steel and, when dry, is cross-flow filtered and moved to its secondary fermentation in bottle. It spends…
Three vintages of Corison Sunbasket Cabernet
Cathy Corison’s wines are vintage-expressive; a vertical tasting reveals more about the temperament of the season than that of the winemaker. I always find…
Mittnacht Frères Extra Brut Crémant d’Alsace
Founded in 1958, Mittnacht owns vineyard area in the Grand Cru Rosacker and sites in Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr. The estate was certified biodynamic in…
NV Jean-Baptiste Adam Brut Rosé Crémant d’Alsace
The Adam family has been making wine in Ammerschwihr since 1614. Winemaker Jean-Baptiste, who’s been at the helm since 1996 (he’s the 14th generation)…
2020 Gallica Estate Rosé St. Helena Napa Valley
Gallica’s rosé is blend of organically grown Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah. The vines are old, planted in 1953 and 1990. The wine is…