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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A gorgeous example of white Chateauneuf, made from 33% Clairette Rose, 33% White Grenache, 33% Roussanne with medium-body and waves of white flower/melon/herb/anise notes.
Jeb Dunnuck: An even split of Grenache and Mourvèdre brought up mostly in tank (20% in demi-muids), the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Hesperides is a dense, meaty, powerful wine offering a monster bouquet of black cherry and blackberry fruits...
While not every dry pink wine from Bandol has it, the best are instantly identifiable by a distincitve aromatic profile that features exuberant wild strawberry and lantana flower intermingled with white pepper spice, subtle rose petal and...
This wine is crafted from 100% Assyrtiko grapes carefully selected from specific vineyard blocks on the beautiful Santorini island. The vines, aged 60 years, are nurtured to perfection. After fermentation, the wine undergoes batonnage in stainless...
2020 Domaine Michel Magnien Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrees
We at PRIMA continue to wage our small war against overpriced Burgundy. It’s more, actually, a sort of guerrilla skirmish where we taste with and then convince various importers to...
2020 Domaine Justin Girardin Bourgogne Chardonnay
Throw a rock into the village of Santenay, the picturesque little village in southern part of the Cotes du Beaune and you’ll probably hit someone named Girardin. I remember eating...
2019 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "D'Or et Diamant"
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...
2020 Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly Fume "Les Pierres de Pierre
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...
2021 Frank Family Chardonnay, Napa Valley
In spite of our love of dry Rose, crispy Northern European whites and minerally Sancerre, if we were to take a poll of what most of us are actually drinking in our backyards and dining rooms this summer, I am...
2021 Vevey Marziano Blanc de Morgex et La Salle, Vallee d’Aoste $24.99 The name of this appellation is actually bigger than the actual spot but, trust me, once you’ve had a glass or two, ‘Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle’ will...
2019 Domaine Henri Clerc Saint Romain Blanc
As the climate changes and the summers get warmer and warmer, Saint-Romaine is one of those appellation in the Cotes d’Or of Burgundy you’ll be hearing more about. The very highest altitude...
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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...
Simple is sometimes (well, a lot of the time) better. Sure, we love our Chardonnay when it gets super concentrated and ripe in the vineyard, gets fermented on its natural yeast, sits on its lees, gets stirred around and has a nice long stay in a...
You can practically hear the sea gulls swirling overhead when you pull the cork on this…..Giorgio Rivetti’s foray into western Tuscany has been the source of several stunning wines starting with, of course, his impressive and top-value...
2022 Isabelle Garrault Sancerre Blanc ‘Les Grands Monts’ How sad it has been to be without delicious, mineral-driven Sancerre Blanc these past few months. It’s such an important staple in any wine fridge and we love to...
2022 Domaine de la Bastide Blanche Bandol Rose
Three of Provence’s bluest chips have arrived! These are serious wines that demand your attention and will only improve for years to come. While not necessarily candidates for friendly...
2020 Les Heritiers Saint Genys Mercurey Blanc Clos Marcilly 1er Cru Monopole
James Suckling: Generous yet subtle nose of many citrus fruits and crisp pears. A very focused and mineral Mercury, but only medium-bodied. Very long, refined...
As the temps creep back into the 90s, I am reminded that there is no better wine to beat the heat and match the food than a crisp, lively, flavorful Sauvignon Blanc. This is one that has played its way onto our shelves several years ago and...
If a wine could perfectly express its origins, Kofererhof’s Műller-Thurgau might be one of the most expressive wines in the world! Those who have travelled up here, deep in the mountains just a few kilometers south of...
The French invasion of Oregon, beginning many years ago when the Drouhin family first planted their flag in the Willamette Valley, was based entirely on the notion that, without the ability to expand Burgundy’s borders any further, Oregon’s...
When Paul Hobbs set out to create a value-priced stable of wines to balance out his high-priced estate and single-vineyard offerings, he approached the project with the same single-minded intensity and meticulousness that have made the Hobbs label one of...