NV Lini 910 ‘Labrusca’ Lambrusco Rosso Reggiano (Emilia Romagna): Now available with a little less partying, and a little more substance. $19 B+ 2018 Mandrarossa ‘Sentiero delle Gerle’ Bianco (Etna): Salinity, citrus, and basically the good stuff. $NA B+ 2018 P+S Prats & Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia (Douro): Blueberries, spices, & almost devilishly good…
Alentejo Postcard, Part 4 (or “The Cake Doesn’t Need Icing” – Tasting Cortes de Cima)
When you visit Alentejo’s Cortes de Cima (as I did late in 2019 on a media jaunt), you realize that their geese are more than just “a loud alarm system” (as Winemaking Director Hamilton Reis put it). Those geese also eat vineyard pests, like slugs and snails. That’s not the only traditional thing that Cortes…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 24, 2020
2016 São Lourenço do Barrocal Tinto (Alentejo): Dusty, determined, and downright delicious. $NA B+ 2013 São Lourenço do Barrocal Tinto Reserva (Alentejo): Authentically rustic in all of the good ways. $NA A- 2017 Kellerei St. Pauls ‘Passion’ Pinot Noir Riserva Alto (Trentino-Alto Adige): Earthy, dark, and thoroughly unconcerned about whther or not you’re impressed. $45…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 8 (Decoster Bordeaux 2016 Releases)
“It was just, like, a dream.” Thibaut Decoster and wife Magali (a Bordeaux native) knew basically nothing about farming and winemaking. No prior experience working the land. No family in the industry. So naturally they now own four wineries across twenty-eight hectares of vineyards in Bordeaux. “My dream was to be a farmer,” Thibaut Decoster…