Category: wine mini-reviews

NV Earl Stevens Prosecco (Veneto): You cleaner than a bar of Dove soap? Yup! $15 B 2020 Day Owl Rose (California): Like a glass full of lip-smacking watermelon candy. $15 B- 2020 Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Blanc (Arroyo Seco): Honeyed, unctuous, delicious, and very highly recommended. $15 B+ 2017 Two Angels Petite Sirah (High…

2015 Condado de Haza Crianza (Ribera del Duero): Dark and dangerously drinkable mixture of earth, tobacco, and spicy, savory plumminess. $24 B+ 2019 Imagery Estate Winery Chardonnay (California): Friendly, smooth, and evoking California sunshine pretty much all the way. $17 B 2019 Benziger Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma County): Juicy currants bouncing on a grippy,…

2019 Symington Quinta da Fonte Souto Branco (Alentejo): Heady and intoxicating… in both senses of the latter word. $25 A- 2017 G Wine Kisi Amber Wine (Kakheti): An acquired taste, perhaps, but once this fiercely authentic and structured taste is acquired it won’t soon be forgotten. $30 A- NV W & J Graham’s 20 Year…

2018 Alois Lageder ‘Porer’ Pinot Grigio (Alto Adige): Yet another Exhibit in the evidence locker for N. Italy being the true spiritual home of this grape. $26 B+ 2017 Peter Zemmer Rollhutt Pinot Noir (Alto Adige): Roundness and spice that delight; warning: this one is almost *too* light on its feet. $17 B 2020 Les…