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The New York Times, Freedom Hill, and Wine Spectator’s #1 On March 12th, 2012, The New York Times put the Napa and Sonoma valleys on notice. A Times story headlined “Oregon Chardonnay Speaks Up” accurately described the challenges Oregon winegrowers initially faced in the 1980s and 1990s. While many considered the Willamette Valley’s Pinot Noirs…
97+ Wasn’t Good Enough: 99pt Parker Upgrade In the third week of May 2012, at Sir Peter Michael’s restaurant in Berkshire, British wine merchant Steven Spurrier unveiled a painting depicting the moment when a panel of wine experts (nearly all of whom were French) assembled in Spurrier’s wine shop discovered that they had unwittingly rated…
In retrospect, it’s probably good that we didn’t make those steak dinner bets. In 2002, as the news broke that Stolpman Vineyard was done selling grapes to names like Sine Qua Non and Ojai from their oldest and most coveted Syrah block, we were willing to bet dinner with anyone who would listen that they’d…
120 Years of Santa Cruz Mountain Heritage Deep in Santa Cruz’s primal redwoods, the Storrs family has strong roots, continuing a nearly 120-year-old tradition of producing mind-bendingly elegant Pinot Noirs. If you’re new to the wines of Santa Cruz Mountains, this is the place you need to start. Your price tag for the region’s superstars,…
The Blizzard, Gronk, and a Stags Leap Snafu As the snow fell on Central Park on Saturday, we set up a Skype conference call to rethink our Sunday email strategy. Snow days are wild cards at WineAccess. Sometimes, there’s nothing better for business than having tens of thousands of members trapped in their houses and…
Reignite Your Love Affair with Brunello Some vintages are bound for greatness from the very beginning. Others take several years before their potential can be fully understood. The 2013 Brunello di Montalcinos are very much part of that first group: 2013 is one of the most sought-after vintages from the storied Tuscan perch in recent…
Owing Its Near-Mythical Status to a Block of Vines One of the most revered Châteauneufs is that of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, which owes its near-mythical status to a block of vines from the iconic La Crau vineyard. That’s why this 2013 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape is so special — it’s secret ingredient? A block of vines…
Overcoming Stage Fright at Gary Danko They’re the toughest Bay Area restaurants to crack. If you’re a boutique Zinfandel producer, it’s hard enough to land a sales call at San Francisco’s Gary Danko, Boulevard, or RN74. But it’s something else altogether to convince the keepers of the city’s finest cellars to feature your new release…
The Bottle That’s Eluded American Drinkers…Until Today For Super Tuscan enthusiasts and Italian collectors, today’s wine should be setting off alarm bells. Some will have already hit “buy” just from reading the subject line alone. Simply put, the 2013 Tenuta Degli Dei Cavalli is impossible to find in the United States, depriving stateside drinkers of one…
The hills of Chianti Classico have long been famous for Sangiovese. That doesn’t mean they’re not perfect for Bordeaux varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. Some of the most revered bottles from the area—Antinori’s Solaia and Tignanello, Castello di Ama’s L’Apparita, and Rampolla’s D’Alceo—are all Bordeaux-influenced, and they all sell for many multiples…
Enhanced By Extended Barrel & Bottle-Aging The day we first tasted the 2013 Tenuta di Capraia Chianti Classico Effe 55 Gran Selezione, we met the importer for an early dinner at San Francisco’s SPQR on Fillmore Street. We started with a glass of white from their peerless Italian wine list to go with our octopus…
Third Time’s a Charm — Wooing Giorgio della Seta in Montepulciano As the crow flies, Montepulciano isn’t even 20 miles from the fabled hillsides of Montalcino. But it’s slow going on the SP14, SR2, and SP146 as you travel east, passing through San Quirico d’Orcia (with its “top-less” tower and Romanesque church), and tiny Pienza…
Four summers ago, we drove northeast out of Montalcino to Valdichiana, then jumped on the E35 heading due north. Two-thirds of the way to Florence, we exited at the Figline Valdarno, and would soon pull into the majestic, cypress-lined driveway of Villa Il Palagio. On the sun-dappled patio, we met the estate’s owner, one of…
Terredora di Paolo’s Fatica Contadina Taurasi is one of the world’s greatest deals in powerful, age-worthy red wine. Just a few cases of this bold, multidimensional red are imported to the US, though—setting off an annual scramble among top sommeliers and Italian-obsessed collectors for a share of this insider secret. Thankfully, our own Master Sommelier…
This Winemaker Made a $350,000 Cabernet The most expensive wine ever sold, fetching $350,000 at the annual Carnivale du Vin gala in New Orleans, was a 2015 Sonoma Cabernet blend named The Setting. The winemaker, Jesse Katz, earned a measure of fame as the youngest head winemaker in the U.S., after parlaying his stint alongside…
Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks … and the Wizard of Ojai We’re not really sure how many collectors Adam Tolmach “entertains” each summer. But it’s not many. We have dozens of well-heeled friends in NYC who have spent entire afternoons at Peter Michael, Kistler, and Kosta Browne. All have been sipping Tolmach’s exquisite Ojai…
One of California’s Best Bordeaux-Style Value Reds Matt Dees’ heavy-hitting “The Paring” reds are some of our best discoveries. And his 2013 The Paring Red from Santa Barbara is conceivably the finest under-$25 Bordeaux blend on the coast. Why? The Paring is the second wine from two star-studded estates: First, there’s JONATA in Ballard Canyon…
Matt Cline’s Run at ‘The Prisoner’ Since 1982, when he discovered the old vines of Contra Costa — planted by Portuguese and Italian immigrants before the turn of the 20th century — Matt Cline has crafted some of the most intensely concentrated if classically structured single-vineyard reds in the New World. In 1998, a young…
A Hungarian Rhapsody at Evangelho Vineyard When the work week was over, fathers and sons piled into buggies, heading north from the Port of San Francisco. It was early February. As the immigrants waited for the early morning ferry, they huddled around a fire, telling stories of the old country in a mix of Italian…
Arguably the Top Mountain Cabernet Bargain in Napa Ever since we first offered Tom Eddy’s stunning 2006, Wine Access clients have been buzzing about each vintage of the “Elodian” Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the last five vintages, the “Elodian” — arguably the top mountain Cabernet Sauvignon bargain in Napa Valley — has earned 216 perfect 5-star…
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