2019 Flowers Vineyards and Winery Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
The Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot noir is fermented with ambient cultures, and the wine spends ten months in French oak, 18 percent new, before…
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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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
2020 François Chidaine Rosé Touraine
Chidaine’s charming rosé is a blend of Grolleau, Pinot noir, and Gamay. Its robe is deep strawberry pink — it looks like Tavel —…
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…
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)…
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…