by admin | Apr 25, 2024 | Blog
2023 Gunther Steinmetz Piesporter Treppchen Kabinett – Made from One of His Top 2 Vineyards – Utterly Electrifying – A Top Tier Wine Made Into Kabinettx – Nose: A Psychotic Mineral and Citrus Explosion – Very Fine Lemons – Gorgeous...
by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog
What I Wanted to Accomplish – First, A Wine that Exemplifies the Fass Style – Under $30 So Everyone Can Buy It – Quality in the $50+ Range – A Definitive Distinctiveness -2018 Lyle Fass/Charalambos Lelektsoglou VDF “Cuvée Ariane”...
by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog
Chablis You Want to Stock up on – Classic Chablis Character – But Densely Fruited – Everybody Loves Sebastien Dampt – Direct from the Winery Pricing 2023 Vintage – Crackling Acidity and Freshness 2023 Sebastien Dampt Chablis 1er Cru...
by admin | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog
No Press, no Pundits, No Care – Making Brilliant Wines for Decades – A “Winemaker’s Winemaker” – A Favorite of the Greek (Even Though We Buy Direct) – Just Churns Out Amazing Wines Year After Year After Year – He Took...
by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Blog
2022 Compagnie de L’Hermitage (Lelektsoglou) Crozes-Hermitage “Vieilles Vignes Gervans” – Right Behind Hermitage – Grapes from a “Very Famous Winemaker” – 100+ Year Old Vines – Insane Concentration, Complexity and...
by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Blog
Chavy-Chouet’s Wines Are Now Priced in the Elite Tier at Standard Retail ($100+) – He’s Still Young and Getting Even Better – The Distinct Chavy Style Combines Density, Fruit, Minerality and Acidic Balance to Keep Freshness – 9 Wines from...
by admin | Apr 21, 2024 | Blog
The Cult of Enderle & Moll – As Close to Art As Wine Can Get – Yes, Their Wines Are Delicious… – But in a Totally Different Way from Anything, Anywhere in Germany or Burgundy – So Culty, All of Their Single Vinevard Cuvees Have Been...
by admin | Apr 21, 2024 | Blog
Kastaneinbusch Koppel – A Separate Vineyard Next to the Famed Kastaneinbusch – Wehrheim’s Kastaneinbusch Can Be Closed on Release (21 Was) – Kastaneinbusch Koppel Is Wide Open and Shows the Brilliance of Wehrheim Riesling – A Top 10...
by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
The Modern and the Traditional – A Modern Notion of How to Work the Land to Create the Best Grapes – A Traditional Approach to Winemaking – Alain Michelot’s Nephew – These Wines Are Miracles in a Bottle – If You Have Cellar Space...
by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
The 2022 Vintage – “Bountiful and beautiful” Jasper Morris “As is almost always the case when the quality is consistent, the best reds were made in Volnay, Pommard, Beaune and the Hill of Corton.” Burghound on 2022 Cote de Beaune reds 2022 at...
