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)…
pinot noir
2017 Clos des Fous Pinot Noir Subsollum Aconcagua Costa
Subsollum is made by the same band of friends who produce Pour Ma Gueule, a red blend based on Cinsault that includes a modicum…
Pierre Sparr Brut Rosé Crémant d’Alsace
Sparr’s rosé crémant is 100 percent Pinot noir grown in a gallimaufry of soils. The fruit is hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, and fermented,…
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve Champagne
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…
2019 Maison Noir Pinot Noir Other People’s Pinot Willamette Valley
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…
2017 Trimbach Pinot Noir Réserve Alsace
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…
2017 Ravines Pinot Noir Finger Lakes
Rosy, food-friendly Pinot
The Hilt Estate 2018 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
A pair of wines from Sta. Rita Hills
2017 Domaine Carneros Estate Pinot Noir Carneros
Friendly, plummy Pinot noir
2017 Clos du Val Estate Pinot Noir Carneros Napa Valley
Pinot with a kick of spice
2019 La Gioiosa Rosé Prosecco DOC
Rosé Prosecco arrives
Tasting Lanson Champagne: Brut, Rosé, Organic
A report from a tasting of three nonvintage Lanson cuvées with chef de cave Hervé Dantan