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...
Man, these 2019 Rhone reds continue to really impress. This vintage seems to have produced a bevy of Grenache-based lovelies with not only nicely concentrated fruit without excessive alcohol (no mean feat these days) but also fresh, lifted...
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...
#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...
A pale straw color shows reflections of new gold with fine bubbles. Soft and elegant aroma of apples accompanied by a nutty smokiness. The mouth is creamy and delicious with a well-balanced sweetness and acidity. The finish is persistent and soft...
The Cannubi MGA, is as familiar to Barolo fans as Romanee Conti is to Burgundy….it’s one of the largest crus in all of Barolo and its most centrally located. Perched right in front of the Castello di Barolo castle, it stretches over 90 acres...
Tasting Notes: Cherry, raspberry and dried herb aromas laced with hints of vanilla and tobacco. The palate has a charming weight and velvety texture filled with intense flavors of black cherries and blackberries, all elevated by a lovely backbone...
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...
95 Decanter, 94 Jeb Dunnuck
"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...
PRIMA Notes: The Dallancourt Cuvée Prestige Brut is a Champagne that’s been in the bottle for roughly seven years, after spending three years ‘en tirage’ (aged on the lees) prior to bottling. With a generous amount of...
Is Barolo going to the dogs????? One of the pioneers of organic viticulture in Piemonte, Pietro Berutti’s La Spinona is probably one of the best producers of Barbaresco and Barolo you’ve never heard of. But with one of the...
No. Not a typo. This gorgeous, dry, pedigreed Mosel Riesling Grosse Gewachs is, indeed, eight years old! And the price isn’t a typo either. Sometimes it’s just better to be lucky than good, and I just happened to be in the...
Brandon said ‘let’s put something a few really sexy things on this list.’ OK- how about Smith-Haut Lafitte’s stunning 2018 Graves and Doreau’s sturdy, flavor-packed Pommard? The former is a stunner- a glamourous red...
$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...
The 2019 Tether Cabernet Sauvignon bursts from the glass with abundant aromas of black currant liqueur, huckleberry compote and blueberry pie. The gorgeous dark fruit core is complemented by layers of volcanic rock, spring flowers, mocha, spice and...
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...
Wine Advocate: Featuring Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the Tenuta di Sesta 2019 Poggio d'Arna is packed tight with the dense fruit and inky black extract that you would primarily associate with Cabernet Franc. This is the dominant force. Aromas...
It’s not often we can say $120 a bottle is a ‘hot price,’ but when its Capanna’s 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, well, we think it is! Capanna is, of course, one of Montalcino’s true blue chips with a history that...
PRIMA Notes: Created at Domaine La Bastide Saint Dominique by famed winemaker Eric Bonnet, this is precisely the kind of wine that sets the Chateauneuf du Pape appellation apart from the rest of the Cotes du Rhone villages; the extra horsepower,...
Based in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (North-East Italy) "Nec Otium", from the Roman for work (nec) and leisure (otium), is a negociant operation with a difference. There are very few old style, cultish “Negociants”. Christian Patat is probably the...
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...
PRIMA Notes: We’ve already featured a few stellar examples from the appellation like Oddero’s and the Titon from L’Armangia that really rung our chimes, but we’re particularly in love with Guido Berta’s 2015 Nizza, a...
(HALF BOTTLE) Bright garnet-red colored with a pale orange tinge. An unmistakable, intense, persistent and very pleasant bouquet. Aromas of sweet spices, soft fruit, mountain hay and licorice. Dry, soft and velvety on the palate. Great structure and...
Winery Notes: Vigna Vecchia is the wine we make from our Le Terrazze vineyard, one of the oldest vineyards in Tuscany. Not just a single vineyard wine, but wine made from ancient Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino vines. Fewer grapes per vine, and...
The 2017 Buil & Giné Montsant 17-XI is a blend of Garnacha, Carinena and Tempranillo, grown in the predominantly granitic soil so typical this mountainous appellation. We love to call Montsant ‘poor man’s...
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS: Brilliant garnet-red color, with warmer tinges developing over time. Unmistakeable bouquet, very pleasant, intense yet ethereal, very persistent, at times spiced, with aromas of truffles, liquorice and dried flowers. Dry taste,...
The Wine Advocate 90 Points: A super fresh, elegant and fragrant wine with structure, herbal, floral and spicy notes, capable of giving great pleasure at any table.
Winery Notes: The deep ruby/purple-hued 2019 A.V.A. Red Blend of Cabernet Franc checks in as 68% Cabernet Franc, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot and Malbec. It’s a ripe, medium to full-bodied, incredibly silky expression of this...
Let’s finish our tour of the Southern Hemisphere in South Australia. Kilikanoon is located in the town of Penwortham, situated in the rolling hills of the Clare Valley, just a two-hour drive north through the much warmer Barossa Valley from...