"Boysenberry and açaí berry fruit gives this a slightly exotic profile, but it's finely stitched with apple wood, sassafras and singed anise notes to keep it honest. The polished finish lets a chaparral note chime through the flashy fruit...
2019 Hess-Persson Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, The Lion Tamer, Napa Valley
An offshoot of the iconic Hess Collection, the Hess-Persson Estate is a collaboration between this seminal Mount Veeder winery and Tim and Sabrina Persson, a pioneering...
Wine Country: Italy
Wine Subregion: Piemonte
Wine Sub-subregion: Barolo
Whether I’m travelling in Piemonte speaking with actual people or lurking on various social media sites where the local wine cognoscenti gather, I always have my radar...
Wine Country: Italy
Wine Subregion: Piemonte
Wine Varietal: Nebbiolo
Whether I’m travelling in Piemonte speaking with actual people or lurking on various social media sites where the local wine cognoscenti gather, I always have my radar engaged...
Raise your oyster game to its highest plane with this totally Gru-Vee wine from the steep south-facing slopes of the Wachau along the Danube River. Pichler is a gold standard for quality in the appellation, and his Federspiel (a designation for a...
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...
Wine Country: France
Wine Subregion: Bordeaux
Man, this is our kinda wine! Rich, characterful, lovely to drink and affordable! Even Frank, PRIMA’s ‘Minister of Value’ agrees, Chateau La Chapelle’s certified...
2015 Joseph Swan Pinot Noir, Great Oak Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
We love Old School Pinot Noir and I doubt it will ever get any better than this nine-year-old classic! Joseph Swan is one producer whose...
The Spanish wines of Catalonian Montsant suffer from an inferiority crisis thanks to their neighbors up the hill in Priorat. Priorat occupies the high ground- both literally and figuratively- thanks to its unique high-altitude setting and...
Historically one never turned to the Macon for rich, character-filled white Burgundies. They looked further up the Cotes to find them. But a new generation of vintner and a little help from a changing climate has turned appellations like...
Hey now! This is really delicious Sonoma Cab for $25! When was the last time we said that!? Rockpile is, of course, the unique and very aptly named appellation perched high over the Dry...
This small estate with cellars near the town of Neive is about as Old School as it gets. Although there is a computer, a fax and a telephone in the office these days, there is virtually no other technology in sight. The old stainless steel...
2019 Bodegas LAN Rioja 'D-12'
Most of you don't know about Bodegas LAN's "employee cuvee." Otherwise known as their "Rioja D-12," this deliciousness is an assemblage of barrels that LAN's entire team (everyone - from vineyard management, to...
In what’s officially (in my mind) the coolest wine evv-vahh, we present the 2020 Vin de la Solitude from Domaine de la Solitude; Chateauneuf du Pape as it once was, or, maybe, how it may be again. The grapes are fermented as whole clusters...
2020 Skerk Carso Ograde Venezia-Giulia Bianco
‘Orange,’ you groan. ‘Not an orange wine!’ Yes. Drink it. It’s good, and good for you! You told me you wanted to experiment once in a while, and this November is your month to...