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A Fresh Take on California Zinfandel, Field Recordings ‘Regenerator’ II was first turned on to Field Recordings by a longtime customer who recently began shopping with us after years at Urban Grape, where this producer had become a go-to favorite....

Dry Klein Constantia? Or Just Delicious SA Sauvignon? If there’s one white wine that has completely won me over this year, it’s the 2024 Bayten Sauvignon Blanc from Constantia, South Africa. I was not expecting this out of a South...

Kelley Fox’s 2024 Willamette Valley Gruner Kelley Fox has built a reputation for crafting some of the most thoughtful, transparent wines in Oregon, and this Grüner Veltliner is a perfect expression of her philosophy. Known primarily for Pinot Noir, Kelley...

A Beaujolais For Every Day This is not just a winery but a true château, with roots stretching back over a thousand years. Few estates in Beaujolais can claim this kind of lineage, and even fewer translate that heritage into...

Evening Land Does It Again Under the guidance of John Faulkner, Evening Land’s Salem Wine Company has become one of the greatest wineries in the Eola-Amity Hills. The philosophy is simple in theory but exacting in practice: great wine begins...

Montenidoli’s 2023 ‘Fiore’ Continues to Shine For Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the benchmark has long been Montenidoli, and the 2023 “Fiore” is one of the finest examples I’ve ever tasted from this iconic estate.Cleaner, more elegant winemaking has helped elevate...

Two Sides of Greece: Crisp White & Savory Red If Greece isn’t already part of your regular rotation, consider this your nudge. These two wines from Achaia Cellars offer a beautifully clear snapshot of what makes Greek wine so lovely....

When in Doubt, Châteauneuf Makes Friends There are certain bottles that quietly solve problems. You’re not quite sure what you’re cooking tonight. You’re not sure who’s coming over. You want something serious enough for a meal but easygoing enough to...

Ameztoi Rubentis Has Returned! If you’ve been on our list for more than a year, you probably already know what time it is: Ameztoi Txakolina season. And like clockwork, the wines have landed. Just as reliably, they disappear almost as...

Bubbles for Every Day The NV La Petite Marquise Crémant de Loire Brut is exactly the sort of wine that makes opening bubbles on a random Tuesday feel like a very good idea. Think of it as an everyday sparkler...

Classic Bordeaux, 2015 St. Emilion Two weeks, two St-Émilions… but this one could not be more different from the last. Last week’s wine was all plush fruit and youthful swagger; dense, juicy, and clearly built for the long haul. Today’s...

Bright, Mineral, Serious Muscadet Quite simply, this is some of the most expressive Muscadet I have come across this past year. The nose leaps out of the glass with citrus blossom, crushed oyster shell, green apple, and a saline edge...

Big Easy by Fess Parker is a Big, Easy Choice Fess Parker is known for small production, elegant Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, plus cool climate Syrah in my mind. In this case, they decided to make a wine that is...

Hidden Gem of Chianti’s Tough 2023 Vintage The name Castello di Ama carries real weight in Chianti Classico. For decades, the estate has been one of the standard-bearers for what great Sangiovese from Tuscany can be: elegant and unmistakably tied...

Piedmont’s Troublemakers: Grignolino & Freisa from La Casaccia Piedmont may be famous for Barolo and Barbaresco, but the locals don’t drink Nebbiolo every night. When the corks start popping around kitchen tables in the hills of Monferrato, it’s often wines...

The Smart Sancerre Buy for 2024 With 2024 shaping up to be one of the tightest Loire vintages in recent memory,especially for Sancerre, we are thrilled to offer a wine that delivers everything you love about the region without the...

Benchmark Arneis by Giovanni Almondo From the heart of Roero, where sandy soils and steep hillsides give Arneis its most articulate voice, Almondo has long been a reference-point producer for the grape. “Bricco delle Ciliegie”, named for the cherry trees...

St Emilion’s 2022; Dense Merlot and Perfumed Cabernet Franc The 2022 vintage in Saint-Émilion delivered extraordinary concentration without sacrificing freshness, a true Goldilocks vintage. A warm, dry growing season produced small berries, thick skins, and remarkable phenolic ripeness. Crucially, cool...

The Benchmark Cerasuolo di Vittoria, COS First, the name. COS is not a romantic Sicilian word, but an acronym. Derived from the last names of the three friends who founded the estate in 1980: Giambattista Cilia, Giusto Occhipinti, and Cirino...

Massolino Barbera, Boisterous and Juicy Serralunga d’Alba. Known for producing some of the most structured, long-lived Barolos in the region, it is also home to one of its most respected traditional estates: Massolino. While their Barolo rightfully earns global acclaim,...

An Old Favorite, Jean-Marc Burgaud There are a handful of growers who built the Beaujolais Renaissance, and Jean-Marc Burgaud is one of those. Long before Morgon and Côte du Py became shorthand for serious Gamay, Burgaud was quietly proving that...