This wine from Maculan is just incredible! I thought the 2003 was good, but the the 2004 is mind-blowing. It was like drinking the 2004 Can Feixes for the first time. WOW!!! The Maculan has an incredible natural richness (not from oak); it’s almost like a hint of botrytis like a Chenin Blanc from the [More]

You know, if I could only drink red wine from one region in the world besides Burgundy, it would be the Piedmont in Italy. I was recently reminded of this when I got to hang out at this rep’s house with a guy in from Prunotto. We had fantastic food. That’s another thing about Piedmont [More]

The 2004 Gruners from Austria are here; I just picked up a 1L bottle for 10 bucks. It is a joy to drink: crisp, fun, dry. One liter bottles rule. 2004 Loimer Gruner Veltliner Check out the incredible architecture of his winery! So modern.

One of the finest wines I have recently drank from the legendary 2000 vintage: Clos Badon – Thunevin This wine (with the cock in top hat, sporting a cane…I LOVE THIS LABEL) is a right-bank from Saint-Emilion, so it is predominately Merlot. It kept evolving as it was open over a couple hours and kept [More]

Well, you are house-sitting and out on the deck on a cool night, at the top of a hill gazing over Seattle. You see the water, downtown, and homes lined up and down the hills. Suddenly, your Riesling is that much more delicious.

Another great thing about German Riesling (and Austrian Gruner) is that you can often get their wines in a 1000ml bottle instead of the normal 750 bottle. So they give you 33 1/3% free! These bottles rock. I actually couldn’t say it better than the importer of this wine: “You should be deeply ashamed to [More]

Normally, I cringe when I see wines with cutesy-labels with some cuddly animal. But with German Riesling, people are so scared off by the long words on the label, like Riesling Kabinett Helder Spelder Trocken Weirdenheimer (or something like that). So I understand the need from a marketing standpoint. And this Riesling is delicious. I [More]