Red Wine

Ten year old wines usually show their, well, age. Wines from cooperatives can be very middling. Many wines from Puglia are ponderous because weather is warm and overripens grapes. Yet, every now and then a wine turns your head and upends all of your preju

Fausto and Cinzia Cellario are 3rd generation Piedmont winemakers in the village of Carrù, on the western outskirts of the Langhe hills. They farm 13 hectares of local varieties and fiercely defend the region’s winemaking traditions by employing organic v

The Vajra family is highly regarded in the wine community for their hand-crafted Piedmontese wines including the standards; Dolcetto, Barbera, Barolo and Nebbiolo among others. But as much as we love the 'big boys' they produce, we have a special fondness

Chateau Gueyrosse Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2012

The 2017 Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone is one of the consistent great values of southern France. Unlike most Cotes du Rhone, which are classically Grenache dominated blends, the Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone is entirely Syrah sourced from a handful of long-time

Les Brebis, French for ewe, is a small winery based in the southern Willamette Valley's Eola-Amity-Hills. Offering their first release in 2013, the Shaffer family, German for shepherd, sources grapes from four distinct vineyards in the Eola and adjacent S

Margaux and value are not words normally found anywhere near each other. A rare exception is Chateau Les Barraillots, a family owned producer located between several famous classified growths in the heart of the village of Margaux. A recently inducted mem

Principally Tempranillo, with small amounts of Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Graciano, this 2012 Reserva is medium+ bodied with lush and lively red fruit complementing chewy tannins and fresh acidity.

Shea Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir 2016

Anima Negra An/2 Mallora 2016

Equivalent to 4 standard 750ml bottles, La Nevera Tinto is a fun, delicious wine produced from sustainably grown grapes in central northern Spain. The advantages of wine in the box are many. In addition to the savings of glass, corks, etc. the greatest ad

Hand harvested and fermented in tank, this 100% Tintilia is a fascinating Adriatic red aged four months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. With a deep and vibrant hue, this 2016 is medium bodied, and richly aromatic with dark, tangy fruit of mor

Produced from the rare Tintilia grape in the Jerez region, the 2014 Vara y Pulgar is organically farmed in Albariza soil. It offers smoke- and mineral-accented black and blue fruits, candied flowers and succulent herbs on the highly perfumed nose. Juicy

Pure and clean Pinot Noir, it is affordable and delicious—and we all know that good affordable Pinot Noir is hard to find. The Giraudons have 15 acres of Pinot Noir in Chitry. Because they have a very small winery, space constraints necessitate that they

The appellation’s laws mandate Gamay as the sole grape to be used and Verdier-Logel produces separate wines from volcanic soils “Volcanique” and granite soils “Cuvée des Gourmets“. These soils impart a rich earthy fragrance to the wines which combines wel

Wine discovery comes in three levels of excitement: There’s the rare, expensive and exclusive wine, which most of us can only hope to taste at a wine event or through the generosity of a collector. There’s the easier-to-find small-production bottle that r

Casa Agricola Pepe Mendoza Alicante 2017

Domaine des 13 Lunes Le Coeur en Goguette Mondeuse Gamay 2018

Paolo Cali Mandragola Frappato di Vittoria 2017

La Fleur Pauillac Pauillac 2009