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2024 Weingut Hans Rottensteiner, Kitz, Vignette Delle Dolomiti Rosso IGT, Alto Adige, Italy.The medium bodied, dark hued Kitz Rosso from Rottensteiner captures a soulful expression of the Alto Adige terroir…

2025 Vin Vif, Sauvignon Blanc, Central Coast.This all new label, Vin Vif, has just released their exotic and intensely tropical Sauvignon Blanc out of the Central Coast and its a…

2024 Bruna Grimaldi, Barbera d’Alba Superiore “Scassa” Piemonte, Italy.Eve in such a difficult vintage, Grimaldi’s Barbera Scassa is a joy in the glass, maybe with a bit less concentration and…

2022 S et JP Agisson, Sancerre Blanc, Équilibre, Loire Valley, France.A very distinctive, none traditional, Sancerre from S et JP Agisson with complex layering and mineral driven austerity, but the…

2024 Union Sacré, Dry Riesling, Santa Barbara County.Union Sacré joins a new wave of fine California dry Rieslings, as mentioned before, like Tatomer, Desire Lines, Stirm, Reeve, Tudor and Cobb,…

2023 Rouvalis, Tsigello, Slopes of Aigialeia, Greece.Coming from a small area of the Peloponnese, the Aigialeia region, is this lovely and distinctive amphora raised red wine wine from Rouvalis made…

2020 La Ca’ Növa, Barbaresco DOCG, Montestefano Cru, Piedmonte, Italy.I’ve been following and a fan of La Ca’ Növa since first trying their Barbaresco with their 2015 vintage, and this…

2025 Liquid Farm, Rosé of Mourvèdre, Santa Barbara County.It was really cool recently to taste through the lineup of Jeff Nelson’s Liquid Farm winery and catch up with him, with…

2015 Weingut Emmerich Knoll, Loibner Grüner Veltliner, Trockenbeerenauslese, Sweet Wine, Wachau, Austria.Last up on an evening of fabulous food and wine with a lunch at Bar La Côte and dinner…

2023 Clos Sainte Magdeleine, Cassis AOC Blanc, Provence, France.One of my favorite Summer wines and one f my favorite white wines, the Cassis Blanc by Clos Sainte Magdeleine in Provence’s…