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“The 2017 vintage is one of the finest I've tasted to date from this small, artisanal domaine; the wines are as chiseled and tensile as ever, but there's plenty of succulent flesh to cloak their racy acids. All these releases come warmly recommended.” – William Kelley, robertparker.com

As we wrote earlier, Felipe Staiti Wines is another ‘riff’ on consulting winemaker extraordinaire Marcelo Pelleriti’s ‘rock star’ projects with famous Argentine musicians, this time he’s partnering up with famous Argentine guitarist Felipe Staiti, founding member of Los Enanito Verdes (Little Green Dwarfs), a HUGE rock band in their native Argentina.

Of course, one might have questioned how long into the new year, heck into the new decade, we’d go before we fired out something on Rioja. For those that guessed ‘not very long’, you won as we got one out in the first month. But we didn’t make the wines, the opportunities, or give Spain the series of

Good times in Tuscany over the last couple of years as we have enjoyed rolling out selections from their back-to-back exceptional vintages (2015 and 2016). Each vintage has its own distinct profile, and they have afforded the top producers the opportunity to make top notch wine at all levels. We suspect the folks at Mazzei have probably seen

Now this is something. As we’ve written about in these pages a couple of times before, The Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competition. Judged by the top wine experts from around the globe, the DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging process.

Next week the great 2005 Bordeaux are going to be 15 years old…where did the time go? I remember barrel sampling the wines from that heralded vintage like it was yesterday. Now on the eve of their 15th birthday, the wines from this powerfully structured vintage are just starting to show their secondary characteristics. And while the

Today we're featuring a couple of micro-production Cali Syrahs that offer unbelievable value for money. The only problem is there just isn't enough of either of them to go around.

Yes! A killer last call reload on one of Italy's greatest white wines. We thought the supplier was going to make a vintage switch but we ended up getting more of this phenomenal wine! A few months back we told you the story of Antinori’s iconic white wine, Cervaro. Antinori’s Cervaro della Sala is, year after year, one of

On our last trip to Bordeaux for Vinexpo in May, Kyle and I went there armed and ready with a full schedule of tastings of a myriad of wines throughout the world. But since the show is in Bordeaux, as you can imagine Bordeaux wines were heavy on our list. One area we really wanted to concentrate on was

One great older Savigny Les Beaune deserves another, right? That Fery flew out in a flash, and this one will too. Doudet-Naudin was founded in 1849, making it one of the oldest estates in burgundy. The property has its own domaine holdings, but they also run a small negoce operation, sourcing from neighbors and long-time connections. The family specializes in