A personal favorite from Italy’s sunny Adriatic coast, this has great substance to go along with its fabulous aromatics. This wine reminds me of a gorgeous sun-spangled lunch overlooking the cerulean Adriatic with a perfectly grilled San...
2021 Pessimist by Daou Paso Red Blend, Paso Robles Winery Notes: The 2021 vintage delivers yet another stunning blend with trademark Pessimist flair. This wine is powerful and intensely aromatic out of the glass, presenting fragrances of blueberry,...
The vines that would supply the so-called Quintessa Blanc were planted on the estate in 2002 and, since its first release some eight years later, this wine has, much to everyone’s surprise (except for those who first made it), become as...
PRIMA Notes: Thierry is a fourth-generation winegrower in the Sancerre region, situated near the village of Bué, one of the finest districts for high quality Sauvignon Blanc (and Pinot Noir) thanks to the unique mix of soil types in the...
We hadn’t heard of this very small property either until we were presented the wine this morning. New to us or not, what was in the bottle really impressed even the most hard-boiled of this lot of truly spoiled wine merchants! Coming from a high...
When Tony Soter first established Etude Wines back in 1982, the label very quickly became THE most sought-after Pinot Noir in a very crowded field of north coast Pinots. Tony’s masterful touch with this finicky grape variety eventually lured him to...
An end-of-year deal shook out from Beaulieu this morning and we wanted to make sure we passed it along!
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2020 DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon Winemaker Notes A rich and compelling nose of blackberry, cassis, smoky leather and dried herbs is enhanced with layers of plum and cherry, cocoa and sandalwood. Notes of pencil lead and crushed rock mingle with subtle...
I remember, back sometime in the mid-1990s, driving from Piemonte to Tucsany with Marco de Grazia, then the instigator, impresario and importer of the ‘Barolo Boys.’ Even with the taste of the last Barolo we had enjoyed together...
2022 Li Veli Susumaniello Rosato IGP Puglia John: A personal favorite from Italy’s sunny Adriatic coast, this has great substance to go along with its fabulous aromatics. This wine reminds me of a gorgeous sun-spangled lunch overlooking...
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A visit to Tenuta Scarpa’s (a.k.a. Antica Casa Scarpa) old semi-urban cantina on the outskirts of Nizza, about 25 kilometers southeast of...
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Wine Spectator just made it their #7 Wine of the Year, too.
Another ultra-important 2020 southern Rhone release has just arrived, Daniel...
Rutherford’s Alpha-Omega winery has developed a deep, deep following for its beautiful Napa Valley wines sourced from the very best vineyards, both mountain and valley floor, in the entire appellation. The vast majority of A-O’s business is done from...
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If there was any doubt that there was still soul left in Bordeaux, consider the
Kressman family. They’ve been putting their heart and soul into the family business known as Chateau Latour-Martillac since 1871. The current...
2021 Pope Valley Winery Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley In spring, a wine lover’s fancy turns to nice, cold glasses of fresh Sauvignon Blanc. But, oh my, how the prices for our favorites from California (and France, and New Zealand and...
The 2022 edition of the Bedrock Old Vine Zin finds this seminal wine in its best rendition to date! Bedrock Wine Company Owner/Winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson, as you probably already know, has made it his personal mission to carry on his father Joel...
Let’s start our journey in the Eisaktaller or, as the Italians say, the Valle Isarco. While still in Italy (for now), this narrow, high altitude valley sits just a few kilometers from the Brener Pass into Innsbruck, Austria. While this...
Bourgogne Blanc, even if it’s from the so- called ‘elevated’ level Bourgogne Cotes d’Or appellation, can be a real catch-all as far as style goes and it’s important to know the producer. We taste a lot around...
Wine Country: AmericaWine Subregion: CaliforniaWine Sub-subregion: Sonoma CoastWine Varietal: Pinot Noir If your taste leans more towards the red persuasion, why not add some of the Flowers Sonoma Coast Estate Pinot Noir to your case? Perfectly realized...
Talbott Sleepy Hollow Vineyard sits at the northern edge of the Santa Lucia Highlands, 21 miles from the coast. Sandy, gravelly soils and a dramatic maritime influence increase hang time, producing a Chardonnay of intense varietal character, balanced...
Planning a party this summer? MAGNUMS(!) and LARGER FORMATS are available Cassis sits with Bandol on one side of Marseilles on the Mediterranean coast but its production is a mere fraction of their much-better known neighbor. And, what, say, Domaine...
Good Sancerre is such an important staple in any wine fridge and we love to drink it with so many kinds of food. But Mother Nature dictates how much good Sancerre there can be out there, and she’s been very parsimonious over the past few harvests...
2020 Hubert Bouzereau-Grueres Bourgogne Chardonnay If you throw a rock into the village of Meursault, you’re likely to hit someone named Bouzereau and, as such, this last name has been synonymous with great Meursault for centuries. But all...
Along with RouteStock’s very fine Chardonnay, there’s also the longtime PRIMA favorite Pinot Noir. Pinot lovers know Highway 116 well. It starts near the town of Sonoma and meanders through some of the best Pinot vineyards in the...
As every lover of the crisp, mineral driven Sauvignons of the Loire Valley already all-too-well knows, the 2020 and, especially, the 2021 harvests were nearly decimated by nature’s vagaries. Frost, in particular, claimed over half of the harvest in...
The hills are alive! This is what Heidi would drink! 2020 Weingut Kofererhof Sylvaner, Eisaktaler-Valle Isarco, Sudtirol-Alto Adige If a wine could perfectly express its origins, the Kofererhof’s Sylvaner might be one of the most...
Rueda is a large appellation and a lot of the Verdejo labeled as such actually comes from large, mechanically farmed vineyards further east. That explains why there is so much innocuous Rueda out there- a lot smells and tastes like...
Wine Country: America
Wine Subregion: California
Wine Varietal: Pinot Noir
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Our allocation of DuMOL’s 2022 single vineyard Chardonnays and Pinot...
DuMOL Trivia Facts: the Du and Mol in DuMOL come from the names Duncan and Molly, the children of Max Gasciewicz, longtime winemaker at Deloach and Fisher, and the founder of DuMOL. Max started the project with the help of two investors, one of whom was...
#13 PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year
Those of us of a certain age remember the wonderful Napa Valley Sauv Blancs of yore- Cakebread, Whitehall Lane, Spottswoode, Honig, Duckhorn and others are just some that come...
New to PRIMA (and to the United States!), this is one of the most exciting young Chablis producers we’ve seen in years! Orion was created by the intrepid Léa Schaller, who decided to trade a career in the music business in Paris for a...
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"The 2022 Pinot Noir L'Ensemble is a top 100 Wines of the Year contender.” Jeb Dunnuck
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Even while Pinot Noir from Oregon was catching the imagination of wine lovers...
Monleale is in the heart of the Colli Tortonesi region, Piemonte’s far northeastern quadrant and home to the unique Timorasso grape. Just about a decade ago now, it was the then-Vietti owners Luca and Elena Penna-Currado who led a parade of newcomers,...
A cult favorite Rose from the Basque region of Spain, this is one of the quirkiest, most unique dry pink wines we ever see. Its luminous coppery tinge almost makes it a red, but its high acid and intense minerality make it seem more a white on the...
$59.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles or more And now for something completely different! Andy Smith, is a veteran winemaker of Scottish descent with a resume that includes working for several producers in Burgundy before coming to...
Wine Country: Italy
Wine Subregion: Tuscany
Wine Sub-subregion: Chianti Classico
#4 PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year 2023
Back when I started at PRIMA, some 30 years ago, the so-called new wave of quality wines from...
When it comes to California Chardonnay, there are many who it do it well, but the list of those who do it exceptionally well is a lot shorter. These are winemakers who can translate California’s best sites into wines with...
We hope this ‘Picqs’ your interest. Just the other day, a customer asked for a recommendation of good Chablis and after going to the shelf, I realized that besides the delicious 2022 Orion Chablis AOC, we had none other in the house! For a store like...
You can be forgiven for never having heard of the Pelgaverga Piccolo grape. It’s cultivated only in a very small part of Piemonte; in Verduno, just down the northern slope of La Morra hill in Barolo. It’s been in the ground there...
PRIMA Notes: We’ve long been fans of this small property now in its third generation. Patrice’s father, Daniel, was a tremendous winemaker and his wonderful offerings from Nuits St. Georges were fixtures here at PRIMA for...
PRIMA Notes: One of the first times I visited Napoli, I was with Chef Peter and a few others guys from the PRIMA team. One Sunday afternoon we discovered, at the top of narrow staircase in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, one of the...
Wine Country: America Wine Subregion: California Wine Sub-subregion: Paso Robles Wine Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon The 2021 Treana Cabernet Sauvignon, a second label for Austin Hope, is crafted to reflect the bold character of Paso Robles while offering...
2021 Weingut Wohlmuth Sauvignon Blanc Ried Hochsteinriegl Grosse STK $52.99 per bottle with shipping included on 6 bottles or more By the now, after three wildly popular offers of the Wohlmuth Sauvignons over the past two years, we...
PRIMA Notes: We’ve been buying the sumptuous, delicious Arnot-Roberts California Rose for over a decade now and it never fails to please. And, like the first robin we spy on the lawn each year, the arrival of their Rose is an early...
2022 Domaine Andre Neveu Sancerre 'La Manoir' Chavignol Given all the other crises we are dealing with these days, the lack of Sancerre doesn’t rank very high. That is, unless you have a true hankering for what might be the world’s best...
Tasting Scale Aroma Intensity: 7/10(Rich and aromatic with layers of red cherry, blackberry, plum, spices, and leather.) Flavor Complexity: 9/10(Full-bodied with a balance of fruit, spice, and oak, revealing red berries, dark chocolate, cedar,...
The thing that all fans of this ultra-important La Morra cantina agree upon is that anything made with an Oddero label on it is going to be some serious juice! ‘Fun, easy-to-drink quaffer’ is rarely a description one finds in any review of an Oddero wine...
Our search for affordable, top-quality Napa Valley Cabernet took a turn this past winter when a corporate customer of ours asked specifically for Tether Cabernet, a wine we confessed we’d never heard of. We contacted the wine’s...
Grillo is a cross created in Sicily in 1873. Originally meant to combine the distinctive florals and prettiness of the Zibbibo variation of Moscato with the sturdier heat-resistance and fleshiness of Cataratto, it has been, ever since, the backbone of...
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The wine once known as Lucia Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir has come of age, shedding, after many years, its once modest moniker for an Estate designation with the...
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Here’s the thing. Tenuta Carleone’s Sean O’Callaghan is a confirmed and vociferous advocate for Tuscany’s Sangiovese grape and has created an amazing, envious reputation for...
Textbook is a well-loved label around here. Six or seven years ago, this Napa Valley negotiant with some amazing connections was created with a mission to produce wines with a bit of European flair. It proved to be the Holy Grail for...
2020 Edi Keber Collio Bianco It’s a rare occasion indeed when I can send out an offer on Edi Keber’s totally unique Friulian white. There is very little made, and with the cult-like following this one-wine, two-man cantina...
2021 Gini Soave Classico People of a certain age still cringe at the word ‘Soave’ as it conjures up the virtual ocean full of really bad wine once grown in the flats along the autostrada near Soave castle between Verona and Venice...