Single-vineyard Riesling from the middle of the Stettener Pulvermacher hill in a section of 40 year old vines in sandstone soil. Linear, focused, dry Riesling with a strong acid backbone.
Pearl Morissette's first venture into Meritage, in a leaner style but with the expected dark fruit and minerality. A nice change of pace. FYI, "Meritage" rhymes with "heritage", not "garage".
Recchione's Pinot Noirs are powerful wines from some of the rustic villages at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. This wine, already with six years of age to it, has smoothed out some of its rough edges and now shows incredible depth and strong tannin for a special dinner.
Jeremy Recchione is a young negociant winemaker in Burgundy working with fruit from all over the region but his cellar is in Gevrey-Chambertin, the village where this wine is grown and raised. For most of his wines only a barrel or two is made every year. This Pinot Noir, from the Creux Brouillard vineyard, is deep and intoxicating with black fruit, spice, and gamey aromas.
The Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Pinot Noir from the village of Segrois is made in a lighter style, easier drinking at younger ages, and in the great vintages compares very well to more famous Burgundy villages.
The Maconnais is the warmest growing region in Burgundy and makes very developed fruity styles of Chardonnay. Recchione's version sees a bit of oak for texture.
The vineyard in Pouilly-Fuisse where this wine was grown has since been upgraded to Premier Cru and this wine gives insight into why. It has an amazing blend of richness and balance, with tropical fruit and flint aromas.
Love letter to the field blends of Alsace and Austria. High acid, aromatic grape varieties including Riesling and Gewurz and a little touch of local Oregon oak make this an interesting new wine from Fossil & Fawn.
From their Silvershot Vineyard, this Pinot Noir is dense with fruit, dried herbs, and tannins that will soften with time or a strong decant. A wine built for the long haul.
Heavy skin contact gives this wine a rich golden colour and a striking tannin that's elevated by its gorgeous tropical fruit and Turkish Delight aromas.
This Chenin from Emeline Calvez has a rich, golden colour and a light honey and chamomile aroma. This is a wine of brilliant acidity and will reward patient cellaring.
Marcel has passed winemaking duties to his daughter Carine and she makes Brouilly from family vineyards up to 70 years old. This wine has a rich concentration with pepper and rustic earthy flavours and tannin that can hold up to grilled steak.
This bold Cabernet Sauvignon from Diana Snowden Seysses shows how great the grape can be with cassis, dark cherry, and baking spice aromas while keeping the body, acidity, and tannin in balance.
This negociant Burgundy Pinot Noir is an elegant wine with fresh red fruit balanced by fine tannins. Simply one of the best Pinot Noir wines in the store.
Full bodied style of Muscadet with over a year of lees aging before release. Almond and toasty aromas highlight this wine that's great with fresh oysters.
A Chenin Blanc so evocative of Touraine you'll hit Expedia after a glass, this vibrant wine draws you back again and again. Years of development ahead.
Ryan Stirm is making incredible Rieslings, and other single vineyard wines, in California. This wine gets a light maceration for added structure and is so dry and tart!
Great cool-climate South African White blend of Chenin Blanc, Semillon, and Sauvignon Blanc. Has some weight and some salinity and a light almond leesy note.
Pais grown on granite soils in the far south of Chile's Itata region. 150 year old vines that will give you a sense of Chilean winemaking from before Cabernet and Carmenere took over.
Susanne and Stefanie Renner make delicious unique wines! This red blend is juicy, fresh and full of red berry fruit flavours. Drink this lightly chilled with a pizza in the park!
One of Prosecco's best small family producers. This is what Sparkling wines in the region looked like before industrialization: high acidity, dry, and bottled unfiltered.
Beautiful Rose from direct-pressed Mourvedre grapes. A wine with fresh citrus acidity on the palate and more body and structure than a conventional Provence Rose.
Bobal is a largely forgotten grape from Central Spain that makes wines similar to Grenache. Juan Antonio Ponce is Bobal's biggest proponent and this is his lighter and fruitier wine.
Pais grown on volcanic soils in the far south of Chile's Itata region. 150 year old vines that will give you a sense of Chilean winemaking from before Cabernet and Carmenere took over.