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...

  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...

 The bluest of Chateauneuf du Pape bluebloods, the Vielles Vignes cuvee from Grand Veneur is, once again, the highest rated wine of a very, very fine vintage in the Southern Rhone. Established in the northern part of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in...

2019 Torres Secret del Priorat, DOQ Priorat Secret del Priorat reveals the idiosyncrasies of each variety and each  parcel in a combination of our vineyards and those of small winegrowers,  located at different altitudes and sites across the...

2018 d'Arenberg Custodian Grenache, McLaren Vale 

We love old school Chateauneuf du Pape- wines with great aromatic complexity, layer upon layer of alluring fruit flavors and that essence of the unique soils on which the vines are grown.  We love them even better when they’ve been aged...

2019 Grand Veneur Cotes du Rhone 'Les Champauvins' 2022 was the year of the Cotes du Rhone at PRIMA!  It seems like everything we tried from either 2018 or 2019 was either delicious, well-priced or both!  It was really hard to pick a favorite...

PRIMA Notes:  One of the new outposts in the Torres empire is in Costers del Segre, a particularly remote part of Catalonia in the rain shadow of the Pyrenees.  This is an ancient growing region with sparse rainfall and dramatic diurnal shifts...

 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...

Importer's Notes:  After 27 years importing wine, HPS President Dan Kravitz took the plunge and purchased 13.5 acres of vineyard land in Roussillon. Named Cabirau after the vineyard’s original designation, the domaine lies on a hill below the...

Winery Notes:  The vineyards are located at 130 meters up hill on a gently sloping south-east facing slope. The clay-limestone soil is composed of clay loam and fragments of limestone from the erosion of the slopes, alternating with marls and...

Winery Notes:  The 2020 is very similar to the 2019 – the fruit was ripe and absolutely stunning. The resultant wine shows lush black fruit, it is rounded and fleshy with a salinity that calls for a fine steak. This wine has a short vatting...

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...

Notre Dame des Pallieres Cotes du Rhone Les Rieus

Jeb Dunnuck:  95-97 Points The 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve Auguste Favier offers more kirsch and blackberry fruits as well as ample charcoal, earth, licorice, and spice nuances. It's full-bodied, incredibly concentrated, layered, and...