With a cool climate, limestone soils, and elevage in steel and neutral wood, the Chablis region yields more austere, acidic, and mineral-driven Chardonnay than other parts of Burgundy. But Savary Vieilles Vignes (old vines) integrates... Read More
Stein is German for stone, Kabinett is the drier designation of ripeness levels, and Feinherb means the wine is similar to halbtrocken (half-dry). It gets a bit confusing, but the pertinent facts about this Riesling is that the... Read More
Slovenia is smack-dab in the middle of wine country, sharing borders with Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. Located in the picturesque Gorizia hills near Italy, the Stekar winery produces red-skinned Sivi Pinot (aka Pinot... Read More
Husband and wife team Tom & Marilyn Stolpman dreamed of owning a winery while honeymooning in Napa in the 1980s. Well, dreams come true, and the couple founded Stolpman Vineyards in Ballard Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara County a... Read More
Husband and wife team Tom & Marilyn Stolpman dreamed of owning a winery while honeymooning in Napa in the 1980s. Well, dreams come true, and the couple founded Stolpman Vineyards in Ballard Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara County a... Read More
Husband and wife team Tom & Marilyn Stolpman have created a full line of practicing organic wines at their estate in Santa Barbara County. Stolpman's Love You Bunches category features carbonic-fermented rosé, orange,... Read More
One of our favorite high-end distributors has taken on this massive challenge of sourcing out fruit from their secret contacts in California, working with select winemakers, and sniffing out the best deals in grapes and juice... Read More
The north end of Burgundy gets all the praise, but between Beaujolais and Beaune are Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais. The latter two areas are hotbeds of value-driven Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with big flavors at... Read More
Think of this can as a Chilean Vin de soif, a category of gulping no think - just drink natural red wine. Aupa Pipeño (pee-pen-yoe) from Maule Valley is made by Viña Maitia, which grows fruit on a 120-year-old dry-farmed... Read More
About twenty years ago, Chile entered the spotlight as a nation that could replicate any grape and sell it for less. Nowadays, there are still large-production wineries making decent quaffers alongside more quality-driven wineries... Read More
Since inheriting his uncle's domaine in 1987, Yves Cuilleron has grown Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Syrah on 125 acres across Condrieu, Saint Joseph, Côte-Rôtie, Saint Péray, and Vin de Pays Collines... Read More