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New World Pinot Noir is an interesting topic these days. California, Oregon, New Zealand, Tasmania, there are lots of places that are doing exciting work. Pandemics might muck up the distribution end of the business for a period of time, but the juice itself has never been better.

In these, the craziest of times, some folks tend to be a little more conservative with their choices and will seek out great names that they are comfortable with to fill the cellar. Today’s offer plays to all of that and then some. You have a classic southern Rhone from an excellent vintage, with an appropriate score (a

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, especially if your ‘neighborhood’ is the golden mile of the Ribera del Duero. This is considered to be the finest stretch of vineyard land in the appellation due to its terrific soils and it’s positioning on the ‘right side’ of the Duero River. There are a lot of factors that determine what

They did it to themselves. If you call yourself ‘Immortal Cabernet,’ you had best be ready for some raised eyebrows and tough judgements. With a name like that, you have to bring your ‘A game’ every time and make an impression. Anything less than great simply will not do. Well, mission accomplished.

Somebody digs Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, and his name is Luis Gutierrez. The Wine Advocate’s Chilean correspondent found a lot to love with the 2019 vintage down in Chile, especially among the number of white wines produced from a grape that Chilean vintners have kind of decided to call their own.

Spring Mountain. It’s an AVA. It’s a winery. It’s an AVA and a winery. Great to see this legendary bastion of Napa (Mountain) Cabernet making some of their strongest wines ever, at prices that are beyond reasonable vis a vis the competition. How reasonable?

Got your ah-so corkpullers ready? Here’s another sensational opportunity on some truly unique wines.

Today’s Bordeaux’s offering is a story that’s a little bit like the TV show “Green Acres” except this time its a successful wine merchant and his wife who gave up living the “jet set” life in Bordeaux to live a more modest life becoming farmers of the vine. Amidst the 2019 Bordeaux “En Primeur” campaign, it is easy to

We’ll take every opportunity we can to sing the praises of what we feel is one of the two greatest white varietals, Riesling (the other is Chenin Blanc in case you were wondering but that is a crusade for another day). Why the ‘greatest’? Because you can make riveting wine in virtually every style from dry to dessert. Riesling

Luca is an extremely tasty project established by the masterful, multi-tasking Laura Catena of Catena Zapata winery fame. Laura wanted to have a winery that focused on wines that, at the time she started the project, were not being produced at Catena itself. The emphasis? Chardonnay, Syrah, Pinot Noir and, of course, now, a touch of Malbec.