This short report is highlighted by reviews of two producers from Gigondas: Domaine Saint Damien and Domaine des Bosquets....
Read MoreIf ever I lacked the faith that you can tell all you really need to know about a wine’s growing season just by tasting it, along came 2020....
Read MoreIn the just-bottled 2020 vintage, Huet produced only one dry Vouvray, but they made a Demi-Sec from all three crus and a Première Trie....
Read MoreThe reviews presented here do not constitute a cohesive report as such but are a compilation of notes about the wines from the wine regions I travel....
Read MoreIn a short trip to Jura recently, I sampled 100 wines from most of the main players. But the region is very dynamic, and new names pop up all the...
Read MoreWhat is glaringly apparent when tasting the bottled 2018 wines is that the pinnacles of greatness all boiled down to location, location, location....
Read MoreThis month, Château Latour will release the 2013 Latour, 2015 Les Forts de Latour and 2016 Pauillac de Latour via the Place de Bordeaux....
Read MoreFrom 2017 to 2019, the Sancerrois experienced three very warm and extremely early vintages in a row. The Sancerrois has adapted well to the new climatic conditions....
Read MoreVery few châteaux have a significant number of older vintages in sufficient quantities to sell to the public. Château Léoville Las Cases is an exception....
Read MoreThe fruit of an early harvest Bollinger's superb 2007 R. D. is an unusually delicate, fine-boned rendition of this habitually muscular cuvée....
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