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2014 Elk Cove Pinot Gris: 92pt Harvest Paella and Top-Rated Under-$20 American White of the Year In 1974, Pat and Joe Campbell pulled onto a winding gravel road. At the top of the hill, they discovered an overgrown homestead in the foothills of the Coast Range Mountains. Over a harvest paella lunch in Yamhill-Carlton, Pat…
In the realm of rare, world-class Zinfandels from Napa Valley, this Elyse single-vineyard bottling is a prized treasure, which we worked hard to secure for our Wine Club members—and the last few bottles are now available in The Store. Sourced from the Morisoli Vineyard at the heart-center of Rutherford on the famous bench, surrounded by…
5:30 Wake-Up Call From the Wagner Family — Emmolo’s Quintessential Cab Drinker’s Merlot On Tuesday, we were awoken by a phone call. We checked the clock: 5:30 a.m. We figured it must have been bad news; it was the opposite. Our groggy “Hello?” was answered by a bright and cheerful voice: “Hi! It’s Jenny! I…
A Long Awaited Sonoma Coast Chardonnay A few years ago, we walked into a tasting at San Francisco’s Nob Hill mainstay Farallon, and walked out with a verbal agreement to offer one of Todd Gottula and Erin Brooks wines to Wine Access clients. It’s taken nearly three years, but we’ve finally secured an allocation of…
93-point “Polish and Poise” — 2014 Fabre Montmayou Cabernet Sauvignon Sometimes the good guys win too. In a mass-market wine world where fantasy names and kangaroos on labels somehow sell millions of cases of insipid whites and reds, the true craftsmen of the finest bargains in the world are often lost in the shuffle. Such…
“Don’t sweat it, Howard. We’ve got you covered!” When Hervé Fabre first arrived in Mendoza in the late 1980s, he couldn’t figure it out. Money was beginning to pour into the vineyards of Argentina — lots of European money — and most was ticketed for new Malbec plantings at lower elevation. Replete with land-rippers and…
Faustino was founded in 1861 by the Martinez family and is currently operated by sisters who are sixth-generation descendants. With an eye-popping nine million bottles resting in their cellar—Spain’s largest collection of library Gran Reserva Riojas, dating back to 1955—Faustino wines are famed for their cellar-earned grace. We’ve had the pleasure of sampling the cinnamon-dusted…
100-Year-Old Vines Where Priorat Meets The Sky The question of exactly how much one is willing to risk for great wine came to mind on our recent trip to Priorat, as we braced ourselves against the dashboard of a truck whipping around curvy roads high on the slopes of Porrera. Out the window, vineyards dropped…
Ferrer Bobet’s Priorat winery sits on the edge of a precipitous cliff, with Carignan and Grenache vines spilling down the steep grade beneath it. The slate soils are unforgiving and the summer heat can be sweltering, but it’s where Carignan is most alive. The proof is Ferrer Bobet’s flagship 100% old vine Carignan, a masterclass…
Lot 2 Napa Cabernet from Chappellet’s #2 Ry Richards, the protege of Chappellet’s legendary winemaker Phil Titus, crafts Fiancetto in his “spare time.” As many of you know, his wines are among the best under-$30 Cabernet Sauvignons in Northern California. But Ry surprised us when he called with an exclusive offer on his 2014 Cabernet…
Chappellet’s #2 Takes Advantage of a Dream Vintage Ry Richards is legendary winemaker Phil Titus’ #2 at Chappellet. But in his “spare time” Ry consistently produces some of our favorite, full-throttle Cabernet Sauvignons in Northern California under his own Fiancetto label. Richards’ 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley is drawn from two blue-chip estates on the…
Block 18 and the Water Witch Ry Richards is not superstitious. He doesn’t care which side of the bed he gets out of in the morning, whether or not he spills the salt after sprinkling it on his breakfast, or if one, two, or 12 black cats cross his path on his way to the…
A Benchmark Cabernet from Napa’s Rising Star We thought it was all gone. We offered the 2014 Fiancetto Cabernet Sauvignon “Sobrante Loam” Napa Valley back in December 2016 and it all sold out. Or so we thought, until Ry Richards, the brilliant young protege of Chappellet’s Phil Titus brought in another bottle. He’d just found…
“A Strong Back and a Little Money” In the 1960s, when Ted Gerber was supposed to be studying political science at Cal State Hayward, he was more likely to be found working on fermentation science — read: home winemaking. After graduating, Ted’s passion only grew deeper and he began to purchase grapes from a grower…
Wine Advocate’s top 2014 American Pinot Noir under $60 We first knocked on cellar doors in the Côte de Nuits in 1978, and we were greeted with open arms. Those were tough economic times, and even the likes of Roumier and D’Angerville were graciously receiving visitors. But as years passed and the world economy improved,…
Concentrated Pinot Noir from the extremes of a terroir The “Foxen boys” — Dick Doré and Bill Wathen — are hardly “boys,” working their wonders in Santa Barbara vineyards for some 60 years between them. Their experience shines through in this 2014 Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir, which Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate calls “a smoking…
We felt like we’d stumbled upon the very essence of Brunello di Montalcino: With a candelabra lit and flickering on the table beside massive Slavonian oak barrels, we were completely absorbed in the Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino, taking in the smoky, floral aromas and exquisite concentration borne of the rocky, ancient soils. This is the…
A decade works magic for Bordeaux. It transforms wines both humble and grand into more full, expressive, thrilling versions of themselves, and the years have certainly cast their spell on the 2014 Gazin Rocquencourt. Made by Michel Rolland and one of the most ambitious families in Bordeaux, it was absolutely delicious on release—Antonio Galloni noted…
Almondo Arneis Bricco delle Ciliegie: Elliot Ness and Al Capone It was the summer of 2006. We were dining with Gianluca Grasso at Osteria Veglio in La Morra. Before the waiter even handed the talented young winemaker the wine list, Gianluca ordered. “Bricco delle Ciliegie. Two bottles.” It was automatic. If you’re going to spend…
After Del Posto, Marea, and Otto … WineAccess comes first Last summer, we moved all of our warehouse and logistics operations from Oregon to Napa. We chose a partner company that seemed perfectly suited for the task. No longer would there be lengthy delays between orders and shipments, we were assured. A second warehouse in…
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