2020 Domaine Laurent Charvin Cotes du Rhone Rouge ‘Le Poutet’ $27.99 81% Grenache, 7% Mourvèdre, 5% Carignan, 7% Syrah The secret producers like Charvin wish you didn’t know is that their Cotes du Rhones are...
(53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Syrah, 12% Merlot) When wine lovers think of South Africa, they probably imagine Rust en Vrede, even if they’ve never actually heard the name. Here is the gorgeous white Cape Dutch architecture set in...
Pierre Seillan’s Super Tuscan project, Il Fauno di Arcanum, continues to be easily one of the best values in modern-style Tuscan wines of this sort we’ve seen in years. It’s a wine that manages the delicate balance between a...
2022 Deltetto Langhe Rosato 'Suasi'
Susasi means, in the Piemontese dialect, ‘chosen’ and every year the Deltettos choose a tiny bit of Nebbiolo from their vineyards in Roero to harvest a bit earlier in the season in order to fashion...
When I first tried this with Carlo, I assumed he grew it in the Alta Langa hills where he grows the grapes for his sparkling wine program, but he surprised me by saying that the vineyard was right there in Canale, next to the San Michele hill and...
All Arneis wines are not created equal, especially now that this grape, once seemingly destined for extinction, has become, by far, the most popular and most-produced white wine made in the Langhe region of Piemonte. People, I guess, forgot that...
On the heels of their magnificent Chardonnay, comes the wine you’ve all been waiting for- the Nicolas-Jay 2021 L’Ensemble Pinot Noir. 2021 Nicolas-Jay Pinot Noir, ‘L’Ensemble’ Willamette Valley Class in the Glass...
2019 Conterno-Fantino Barolo Sori Ginestra
I first fell in love with this family operation, now over a decade ago, while visiting the Fantino’s sleek winery perched high above the town of Monforte d’Alba for a group tasting event. ...
2019 Baker & Hamilton Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville
It’s rare that we get so excited about new Napa Valley Cabernet projects with price tags north of $100, but thanks to our deep and abiding love for winemaker Françoise Pechon (as...
2020 Bodegas Borsao ‘Tres Picos’ Campo de Borja $18.99 per bottle
Behold! It’s the return of the Spanish delicacy we at PRIMA have always called ‘Tres Tacos;’ Bodegas Borsao’s highly...
2019 Le Cinciole Petresco IGT Toscana $74.99 with shipping included on 6 bottles
From the heart of Panzano-in-Chianti’s Conca d’Oro, the sun-bathed amphitheater in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, comes this bellwether of the Super...
2020 Chateau Quinault L'Enclos Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe HALF BOTTLE
We first became familiar with Quinault L’Enclos back just after the 1998 vintage, a fabulous one in Saint-Emilion, while we were still selling ‘Futures’ of...
The Hourglass Vineyard was originally purchased in 1976 by one Ned Smith whose initial goal was planting some Zinfandel for the likes of Chateau Montelena and a few other neighboring producers in the hopes of getting some wine back in return for sending...
Bargemone is among the foremost estates of the Coteaux d’Aix appellation of Provence. A benchmark producer of the delicious, dry rosé for which Provence is famous. Bargemone Rosé is a harmonious blend of Grenache, Cinsault, and...
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...
PRIMA Notes: Looking for that perfect Chardonnay to enjoy all year long? How about Flowers’ gorgeous Sonoma Coast Chardonnay for a song? This is a beautifully balanced wine with all of the great acidity and lovely, lacy fruit this...
2020 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon, Saint Helena Estate
"In the four decades since our first release in 1982, we have achieved respect by adhering to the highest standards in grape growing, winemaking, and customer service. We are passionate...
You saw the big bottle offer we sent out two weeks ago and I’m thrilled to see that a lot of you will be opening very large bottles of this Rose this summer! We took and double magnum to a wedding party and it was gone in about 30...
You’ve probably already read a lot about vintage 2019 in the Barolo and Barbaresco zones, it’s the first of a stunning triumvirate of harvests that will eventually include 2020 and 2021. That’s some tough company in which to stand...
With a Tuscan-centric wine list in our old restaurant and a wine store traditionally loaded with Brunello di Montalcino and the like, you could say a lot of Sangiovese Grosso has flowed under the bridge here at PRIMA over our 45 years in the biz...
Wine Enthusiast: A new edition to the winery’s already impressive lineup, the gorgeous Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 Don Fiorino Riserva stuns with its impeccable class, structure and youthful tension. Made with 50% grapes from the...
Known around La Morra as ‘Barologirl’ Giulia Negri is making quite a name for herself, not only thanks to a turn around her vineyards on TV with Stanley Tucci but with wines like this pretty, easy-to-love Nebbiolo. 2021 Giulia...
2022 Caveau Savoyard Savoie Apremont DOP
If you’ve been deep into the alpine foothills that comprise the Savoie region in the southeastern corner of France, you can relate to just how the crisp, minerally wines there taste of the high altitude...
One acre of Chenin, planted in 2013 on the limestone hillside of La Croix Boissée climbing up to the plateau above Cravant. La Croix Boissée's local reputation was such that it was the first lieu-dit officially recognized by the Chinon...
Pronounced var-renne, this cuvée comes from roughly six acres on the plain, where the heavier clay soils give more spice and structure to the wine. The vines are mature, averaging 45-years; the wine ferments in steel and undergoes around 14 months...
If anything, this is denser and darker than the Archery Summit! This winery is one of the best in the state and the biodynamic farming shows up in the wine’s special internal energy and vivacity.
Bergstrom is an Oregonian family affair with...
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It’s been well over a half century since Clos du Val burst on the Napa Valley scene in the early 1970s. How well we remember charismatic...
Even while Pinot Noir from Oregon was catching the imagination of wine lovers everywhere 25 years ago, Chardonnay from the northwest was proving to be a very hard sell. Even when they were good- and that wasn’t too often back then- customers...
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...
Longtime Vietti winemaker Luca Currado is a pretty passionate guy, and it really didn’t take much to get him wound up. But listening to him speak about his project out in the Colli Tortonesi would get even the most cynical wine guy...
If Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo were ever to hook up after a crazy night of wine drinking and have a baby, their accidental offspring would probably be a lot like Nerello Mascalese, the ancient red grape grown on the lava-strewn slopes of Sicily’s Mount...
2020 Louis Jadot 'Domaine Gagey' Santenay Clos Des Gatsulards Pinot Noir
This gorgeous Santenay actually hit our radar screen a few years ago when we auditioned the 2012 for inclusion in a Louis Jadot dinner. It turned out to be the hit of the evening...
Wait,’ you ask. ‘What the heck am I going to do with a three-liter bottle of Rose?’ Use your imagination! As proven under laboratory conditions, all you really need is 10 fun-loving over 21-year old friends to absolutely...
Wait,’ you ask. ‘What the heck am I going to do with a three-liter bottle of Rose?’ Use your imagination! As proven under laboratory conditions, all you really need is 10 fun-loving over 21-year old friends to absolutely...
Some of us have been around long enough to remember when Beringer first developed their property deep in Knights Valley in the 1960s. Few before that had thought to plant a vineyard in that singularly inhospitable chunk of rattlesnake-ridden rocky...
These days, Rosso di Montalcino is probably our favorite category of Tuscan wine. While we love Chianti, Chianti Classico and a lot of the coastal wines, there is something just a bit more noble and aristocratic in a great Rosso and, while it has...
Marsannay-la-Cote is the northernmost appellation in the Cotes de Nuits and, as also its coolest spot temperature-wise, a beneficiary rather than a victim of the recent string of warm to hot vintages in Burgundy. Back in the old days, even the best...
2021 Fèvre Fèvre Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru
There’s something about that Fevre name! This branch of the first family of Chablis, that of William’s cousin Nathalie who, for many years, was the winemaker at...
There’s something about that Fevre name! This branch of the first family of Chablis, that of William’s cousin Nathalie who, for many years, was the winemaker at the famous La Chablisienne , and husband Gilles, whose father and...
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...
There are very few wine appellations in Italy that actually span more than one region. Colli di Luni is one. Comprised of a very narrow spit of undulating coastline, it starts on the Ligurian Riviera and ends in Tuscany, just north of Pisa...
Belgians in Barbaresco? Yes! And for over a hundred and fifty years, too. Gioacchino De Forville moved his family into the town of Barbaresco from Wallonia in present day Belgium in 1860, settling in a small house with a cellar just...
One of the best Barolo discoveries I’ve made in a while! Expensive but worth it!- JR
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