Few things in wine get me as excited; various Chablis, from the same vintage, with drastically different styles. There are a number of reasons for this: 1. I am still a bit defensive about the overall, lackluster attitude that many people...
Much like Australia and their wine labels with kangaroos and surfers, South Africa has suffered a bit from mass produced, cheap wines that have tried to sell the exotic, safari experience to the wine consumer. All you need is a...
In this week's New York Times "2016 Dry German Riesling" article, Eric Asimov waxes poetic about....dry Riesling. I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this and I'm further very grateful that many of the wines from this list are ones we...
Sometimes a wine can remind you of a certain type of person. Sometimes the stereotype is true but unfortunately, good wine suffers. That's not a haiku, that's a fact about Amarone.Our guest reviewer last week, Keith Levenberg, once wrote something...
Several years ago, we kind of predicted this guy was going to be big. There's an underlying standard you're held to when you're heralded by the likes of Northern Rhone Godfather, Bernard Levet, who's been making some of the planet's...
Yearn for more approachable and preactically shaped wine bottles in your life?-- We’ve got you covered!Grab one of Franken’s own Bocksbeutels today! Guaranteed to fit awkwardly, yet elegantly, into your wine storage unit of choice. On a serious note, this juice...
2013 Oddero Barolo Plus Older Vintages "Fans of the traditional style of Barolo should take note."-- Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator"One of the oldest established Barolo houses and the most important landowner of Barolo’s greatest crus."-- The Piedmont GuyEvery...
