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

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

Australian Mick Craven, of Craven Wines fame, scoped out the Western Cape of South Africa for promising wine-growing sites and produced his first vintage in 2017. A reference to the storied tumult of the waters around the Southern reach of Africa, Storm P

2016 Nero Ossidiana is made from Corinto Nero (90%) and Nero d’Avola (10%). The grapes are hand picked and some of the bunches are left whole while others are destemmed. The juice undergoes a long maceration on the skins before being put into barrels for

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

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

Sourced from Napa and the Sierra Foothills - and with a Louisiana connection, which makes us love it more - the 2017 Vending Machines Horror Show is a red blend composed of Sousao (a Portuguese variety), Merlot and Tannat crafted by New Orleans natives -

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Old Westminster Nouveau Chambourcin 2020

Lanny is our Pinot Noir-focused wine project named in honor of our owner's late father in law (who would have celebrated 78 years this holiday season). Lanny's first vinous expression was made by the winemaking team at Del Dotto and sourced from their rev

The 2018 Blankaforti is Garnacha (25%), Cabernet-Sauvignon (25%), Syrah (25%) and Macabeu (25%) crafted with semi-carbonic maceration and alcoholic fermentation in stainless tanks at controlled temperature with indigenous yeast. No sulphur added.

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.

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 Vieux Chevrol Lalande-de-Pomerol 2016

Hunnicutt Cabernet Sauvignon Napa 2018

G.Wine Saperavi Cabernet Franc 2018

Milan Nestarec is one of the new breed of young winemakers embracing the forgotten traditional methods of winemaking in his home country of the Czech Republic. His cult status wines have exploded onto the Natural wine scene across the globe. "Forks and Kn

Château Yvonne’s “La Folie” comes from seven parcels in the village of Champigny that are always part of the last harvest at the domaine due to the high proportion of tuffeau. The grapes are farmed biodynamically. The fermentation is with native yeasts an

Tenuta di Castellaro Ypsilon 2017 - Blend of Corinto Nero, Nero d'Avola and Alicante, the grapes are destemmed and fermented using native yeast. It is aged in stainless steel for one year and spends at least four months in bottle before release. Ripe spic

Like the vast majority of Bordeaux, this is a blend – in this case Merlot (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%) with an average vine age of the thirty (30) years. The wine is fermented and aged in temperature-controlled vats (no oak on this one) and is bottl