At this point, it might feel as though I’ve written too often about the irrepressible Sicilian producer Donnafugata. Seriously, just check the archives… it’s getting a bit ridiculous… Not that they don’t deserve it, mind you. After all, they’ve hosted me a handful of times both in Marsala and Pantelleria, and without a doubt are…
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Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 46: Sea, Sun, and Sean Connery Lookalikes (Argentiera Bolgheri Recent Releases)
This edition of sipping while we SiP (shelter-in-place) due to the Covid pandemic has us enjoying highly-regarded and highly-priced selections from Bolgheri’s Argentiera. While named after the silver mines that once dotted their home turf in Maremma, this Tuscan producer is pretty much all gold-standard, with 95+ point scores from the conventional critics is being…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 45: Bread-and-Butter (Chalk Hill Chardonnay Exploration)
Like this author, Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards was born in 1972, predating the official indoctrination of the Chalk Hill AVA. And thus forevermore Chalk Hill wines will slightly confuse would-be wine buyers who, upon picking up a bottle, wonder why the name Chalk Hill is listed twice on the label. You know, the way that…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 44: Feedin’ Time (Dining In with Napa Valley’s Black Stallion)
One thing that the Covid pandemic has done to us wine media types is essentially shut down the whole “visit a producer in person and break bread over wine and dinner” thing that the wine business loves to do. That’s especially true of the Napa Valley wine business. And they must be jonesin’ for media…