2017 Weingut Frischengruber Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Zanzl (Wachau): GV goes deep and complex, wearing tropical garb. $37 A- 2008 Rudi Pichler Wösendorfer Hochrain Grüner Veltliner Smaragd (Wachau): Peachy creaminess, flinty freshness, electric everything. $NA A- 2018 Engelbrecht Ried Engabrunner Stein Grüner Veltliner (Kamptal): Not blood from a stone, but lovely stone fruits from a…
To Sicily, via the Danube, with Shout-outs (More Travel Stuff for NVWA)
I’m still wading neck-deep in the book writing waters, but wanted to throw a quick update your way to let you know that I still haven’t forsaken (not totally, anyway) those regions that were kind enough to host me on recent media tours. I’ve got two travel pieces recently published on the Napa Valley Wine…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 27, 2020
2017 Quinta do Vallado Tinto (Douro): Peppery purple passion and possibility. $23 B+ 2017 P+S Prats & Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia (Douro): Bursting at the seams this vintage, oozing dark and spicy richness. $27 B+ NV W & J Graham’s Six Grapes Reserve Port (Portugal): The only reservation you should have here is whether…
We Interrupt Our Programming for This Interruption (Book Hiatus)
As if I wasn’t behind enough on my ramblings here on 1WD (I’ve still got several Sicily updates to share with you, after all!), I’m going to put myself even further behind! Overachiever here! Here’s the skinny: it’s going to be light on the feature content here on 1WD (though I expect to keep up,…