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...
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...
PRIMA Notes: Thierry is a fourth-generation winegrower in the Sancerre region, situated near the village of Bué, one of the finest districts for high quality Sauvignon Blanc (and Pinot Noir) thanks to the unique mix of soil types in the...
The New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc category has become a tough one to navigate these days as the shelves that used to have two or three examples are now bursting with a dozen or more. What’s a consumer to do? And most of those newcomers...
My relationship with the Sauvignon Blanc grape is, as they say, complicated. I find the grape, sometimes too aggressive and overly rich in the pyrazine compounds that can evoke, in my tender psyche, unpleasant aromas of pungent...
There is definitely no shortage of good California Sauvignon Blanc out there but the crème, as it were, keeps rising to the top- the wines that have created strong constituencies and managed to hold them for decades. Our favorites...
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...
2017 Animo Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley
Winemaker Notes
The genesis of great wines is great vineyards. Our Oso Vineyard, located between Sugarloaf Mountain and Howell Mountain in the great Napa Valley, is truly special labor of love. In 2004, our...
“La Marâtre” is the name of the parcel just above Nozay’s cellar, which burrows into the side of a gentle south-facing hillside. Cyril’s 15-year-old vines in this relatively rich Kimmeridgian marl—known locally as...
Handpicked and 25% fermented in neutral acacia, it’s a gorgeous, sleek version of Napa Valley Sauv Blanc, halfway between France’s Bordeaux and the Loire Valley in its inspiration. We fell for the Bartlett pear, lychee, and lemon peel...
AXR was started by Kelly Trevethan, Mark Schratz and Don Van Laeken, as well as their famed winemaker, Jean Hoefliger. Jean has a longstanding history in the Napa Valley and I have long admired the wines that he has made not only...