Wine Recommendations

From the Douro Valley, Portugal’s celebrated wine growing region comes, not a fortified wine, but a still red made from the very same grapes. This Post Scriptum offers rustic black cherry, blueberry, mild blackberry, light oak, and a touch of vanilla. Comprised of 56% touriga franca, 33% touriga...

Monterey, California is still something of an underdog in the wine region. Even more of an underdog is the San Bernabe area. Why you should know about this sub-region is expressed in this delightful chardonnay. Though this has a full ML, is doesn’t come across that way. Bright, clean and focused...

Some of the most interesting, and affordable, wines on the market currently are coming out of Argentina, a seriously under appreciated region. This 2019 chardonnay offers soft and subtle lemon lime, white peach, Asian pear, apricot, soft notes of honeysuckle, caramel and crepe brulee. Whispering in...

Jordan Winery is unusual for a few reasons: The first is that they only make, and have only made, two wines - chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon. The second is that for the entirety of the winery, 40 plus years, only two winemakers have been at the helm. Currently, it’s Maggie Kruse. Stylistically,...

Gewürztraminer is one of those grapes that is either looked upon fondly or people have an aversion to. Often times it’s because it’s produced in a way that is syrupy and one-dimensional. What you need is a winemaker in whose capable hands is able to create a bone-dry version but maintains all the...

Normally, the color of a wine is not a huge marker, unless it’s very wrong, or very compelling. Here it is compelling. Winemaker Ettore Biraghi first made his mark with winemaking in Switzerland, one of the most underappreciated wine countries in the world. But Ettore eventually found Mendocino and...

And now for something completely different. The world is full of cabernet and pinot noir and when you need and/or want to find something different you should reach for this. Comprised of 61% grenache, 19% Mourvèdre, 15% syrah, and 5% carignan. Aged 16 months in barrel, 10% of which were new French...

As cabernet sauvignon fruit goes, Howell Mountain is one of the pinnacles of great farming. This wine offers everything you want in mountain-grown Napa cabernet of this caliber - blackberry, black cherry, boysenberry, blueberry, shades of raspberry black cherry, boysenberry and lingonberry, along...

Bodegas Caro has long produced a terrific portfolio of wines, from higher end to this lovely inexpensive Malbec. This presents with dark fruits of blackberry and black cherry and boysenberry. There is a notable rustic quality to it, solid acidity and moderate tannins that give structure to the wine...

Blackbird’s Arise has always focused on being a blend. Comprised of 42% merlot, 42% cabernet franc, 10% cabernet sauvignon and 5% petite verdot, it was aged 21 months in French oak barrels, only half of which were new. You’ll find the requisite black cherry, blackberry and blueberry notes, there’s...