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2015 Populis ‘Reversee’ Carignan

2015 Populis ‘Reversee’ Carignan

I love finding new California winemakers who are making clean, delicious and extremely interesting wines that are actually affordable. The Living Wines Collective, a band of four young winemakers based...

2015 Populis ‘Reversee’ Carignan

I love finding new California winemakers who are making clean, delicious and extremely interesting wines that are actually affordable. The Living Wines Collective, a band of four young winemakers based...

2015 Bichi Dry Muscat ‘La Gorda Yori’

2015 Bichi Dry Muscat ‘La Gorda Yori’

Jair Tellez, chef/owner of the progressive Laja Restaurant in Valle de Guadalupe (Mexico's wine country), is the guy behind Tecate-based Bichi, the only known natural winery in Mexico. A few...

2015 Bichi Dry Muscat ‘La Gorda Yori’

Jair Tellez, chef/owner of the progressive Laja Restaurant in Valle de Guadalupe (Mexico's wine country), is the guy behind Tecate-based Bichi, the only known natural winery in Mexico. A few...

Drink Pink (and Clean!) Your New Summer Rosés

Drink Pink (and Clean!) Your New Summer Rosés

Those lovely, inexpensive summer rosés that go down like water?  Most are industrial products, with conventional farming, high sulfur levels and who knows what else. Not these.  Super clean, from...

Drink Pink (and Clean!) Your New Summer Rosés

Those lovely, inexpensive summer rosés that go down like water?  Most are industrial products, with conventional farming, high sulfur levels and who knows what else. Not these.  Super clean, from...

Natural wine: WTF is it, and why do I care?

Natural wine: WTF is it, and why do I care?

So here’s the thing. I love wine, and it makes me happy opening up people’s eyes to great bottles, something I’ve been doing professionally for the past 10 years. But...

Natural wine: WTF is it, and why do I care?

So here’s the thing. I love wine, and it makes me happy opening up people’s eyes to great bottles, something I’ve been doing professionally for the past 10 years. But...

Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico L’aura

This is classic, clean Chianti from a small family producer near Panzano in Chianti. I've had the pleasure of getting to know the proprietor, Jacopo di Battista, over the past...

Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico L’aura

This is classic, clean Chianti from a small family producer near Panzano in Chianti. I've had the pleasure of getting to know the proprietor, Jacopo di Battista, over the past...

Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico L’aura

Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico L’aura

This is classic, clean Chianti from a small family producer near Panzano in Chianti. I've had the pleasure of getting to know the proprietor, Jacopo di Battista, over the past...

Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico L’aura

This is classic, clean Chianti from a small family producer near Panzano in Chianti. I've had the pleasure of getting to know the proprietor, Jacopo di Battista, over the past...