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Parker’s Burgundy-Trained “Elegance” WWe’re going to make this one easy. Burgundy-trained Dean De Korth’s 2014 Monterey County Pinot Noir is impeccably made, and rises above its peers in the price-to-value department. As Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate has said, “The wines made by Dean De Korth and are well worth checking out.” and “This is…
The Bean Counters, Chapoutier and “Cost Plus Ten” Give this one to the Bean Counters. In January 2015, we approached a number of our closest importer partners with a concept called “Cost Plus Ten.” They agreed to come clean with the winery’s ex-cellar prices. We agreed to pay a 10% upcharge … and also to…
$70/bottle at French Laundry…$14/bottle on WineAccess Twenty-five years ago, we were peddling wine in the city. Our “book” featured over 100 small family-owned European wineries. We were particularly enamored of the fabulously crisp mineral whites of Northern France and Italy. We worked our butts off on behalf of our suppliers, convincing sommeliers to feature Sancerre,…
Gap’s Crown: Cherished By Kosta Browne & Duckhorn Given their penchant for sourcing from California’s top Pinot Noir vineyards, it’s hard not to compare Black Kite Cellars to the state’s cult Pinot producers. To wit: The 2014 Black Kite Cellars Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown is sourced from the very vineyard that was not only made…
Parker’s “Most Illustrious” Winemaker’s Prized Napa Terroir Blackbird Vineyards winemaker Aaron Pott worked with Michel Rolland and John Kongsgaard — before joining superstar Saint-Émilion estates Château Troplong Mondot Premier Grand Cru Classé and Château La Tour Figeac, little wonder Robert Parker describes him“in the top hierarchy of Napa Valley’s most illustrious winemaking consultants.” In fact,…
Most define truly traditional Rioja by its aging, or by its varieties, or by the style’s current scarcity. We define it as Bodegas Hermanos Peciña. Wine Advocate called the family-run estate “a new classic,” and this 2014 Señorio de P. Peciña Crianza combines careful winemaking, superb pedigree, and intricate nuance—one that embodies everything we love…
Driven by a desire to showcase special plots that express themselves supremely, Telmo Rodriguez and his business partner Pablo Eguzkiza’s attention to site specificity has set Bodega Lanzaga apart since the very beginning. It’s this drive that pushes the pair to create wines so tantalizing that even those who previously swore they only drank the…
Vega Sicilia pedigree for a “Serious Vintage of Mauro” Mariano García, the man behind the 93-point 2014 Bodegas Mauro, was just 24 years old when he was named head winemaker at Ribera del Duero’s legendary Vega Sicilia. During García’s three decades guiding Ribera’s marquee winery, the now-famous region achieved DO status, and in 1980, Garcia…
One of our Napa Valley insider secrets is a Brazilian churrascaria (steakhouse) where a seat at the bar gets you the exact same royal treatment you get at a table… for half the price. Needless to say, it’s a great place to take a bottle of red wine and revel in one of the most…
An Absolute Rioja Steal “It does feel like a more expensive wine.” The review from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate essentially declares the 92-point Palacios Remondo “La Montesa” Rioja Crianza to be the very definition of value. According to Decanter, their 2015 “Man of the Year” Alvaro Palacios “is creating a new, distinctive style” with his…
The bustling, convivial scene was the ProWein Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, one of the largest gatherings of wineries and wine professionals in the world. More than 7,000 wines were open for tasting, but only one literally stopped us in our tracks while our noses were stuck in the glass. To this day we remember…
The 2014 Bodegas Tobià Oscar Tobià is our favorite under-$30 Rioja Gran Reserva we’ve tasted in a long time. And it’s not even close. A Gran Reserva grown on 34- to 93-year old vines in Rioja Alta, made from free-run juice, now with NINE years of age *should* cost $50-$60 and up. That’s because using…
Bodegas Valoria’s wines are revered in their homeland, and since restaurants in Spain and the UK know how valuable these delayed-release reds are, it’s rare to run across them in the US. In fact, for over two years, we were told there were no bottles to go around. We’ve finally got their 2014 Viña Valoria…
Bollinger’s Grande Année is always one of the world’s greatest Champagnes—and their 2014 is truly one for the ages. It’s the bottle that earned 98 points from Antonio Galloni of Vinous, who called it “stunning” and said, “In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting.” The dizzying score was…
Bollinger’s Grande Année is always one of the world’s greatest Champagnes—and their 2014 is truly one for the ages. It’s the bottle that earned 98 points from Antonio Galloni of Vinous, who called it “stunning” and said, “In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting.” The dizzying score was…
A “Drink Tonight” Value Barolo Azienda Bruna Grimaldi has followed the path that has led so many traditional Barolo estates to distinction: It was rooted in raising grapes and making bulk wines until an ambitious family member decided to push the operation to a place where it had not yet been. In the Grimaldi family,…
A Cult Cabernet Producer’s Hidden Gem I’m constantly on the hunt for Napa’s hidden-gem Cabernet beauties — the ones that (just barely) elude the pen of the venerable critic and fly under-the-radar. This 2014 Cahoots by Piña Cabernet Sauvignon is my latest discovery. The winemaker is the brilliant Anna Monticelli who spent a year working…
I absolutely love the richness and detail you can find in great Cabernet blends from Sonoma’s Chalk Hill AVA. I discovered the true potential of the Chalk Hill AVA during my time at Jackson Family where I got to work with Vérité Wines, that have earned an astounding 15 perfect 100-point scores. A few years…
Chalk Hill Perfection from the Protégé of Colgin’s Winemaker In 2014, David Jeffrey of Wine & Spirits Top 100 winery Calluna Vineyards, crafted an opulent Bordeaux blend courtesy of Wine Spectator’s “dream vintage.” Add to that Jeffrey’s impressive credentials, which include stints with Bordeaux icon and Colgin Cellars consulting winemaker Alain Raynaud. This rich, sophisticated…
128-year-old Liquid History — for $26/Bottle??? Old vines, throughout the world, are valued for their intensity, concentration, power, and in sum, their majesty. To put this mildly, in America, fruit from these vineyards are an undervalued asset. But in California, it’s no secret that producers keep their vineyards stressed to the brink of defeat, with…
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