Appetizers are served! This cheese & charcuterie board serves about 5 people (or more if you have other apps) and includes three cheeses, two meats, plus complementary items. Don't forget to grab your bread or crackers!... Read More
This opens with aromas of paprika, black pepper and red cherries. The palate is refined and tense, with focused, precise tannins. The tight, restrained fruit is gently lifted by subtle juiciness, adding balance and a touch of... Read More
A very elegant nose with subtle red fruit, dried flowers, underbrush and herbal nuances, alongside tapenade and pepper. The palate is equally refined, with succulent dark fruit. The quality of the tannins brings tremendous balance... Read More
For a fresh, unoaked style, this has beautiful aromas of redcurrants and blackcurrants plus a touch of summer flowers. Healthy tannins are unusually forthright for this category. Impressive structure and midpalate density before... Read More
This extraordinary Finger Lakes dry riesling has mind-blowing concentration and energy. The intensity of yellow grapefruit and wild herb aromas is off the scale. Still very tightly wound, this has clearly been made for the long... Read More
This brand makes one of the most reliably satisfying Malvasias in the New World. This vintage offers orange blossom and lemon verbena balm aromas on the nose. There's a heavier weight to the palate, where citrus peel and blossom... Read More
The 2021 Riesling Wiebelsberg Grand Cru is from Boeckel's substantial 2.5-hectare plot, two of which are contiguous right in the heart of Wiebelsberg. Boeckel says, “This is not Riesling; this is Wiebelsberg.”... Read More
The 2023 Riesling Midelberg is the village wine from Mittelbergheim and offers a fine, fresh and mineral Muschelkalk bouquet intertwined with delicate and ripe fruit aromas. Round and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied,... Read More
Fruit-oriented nose with a mixture of red and black plums, spiced cherries, white pepper and red currants. Medium-to full-bodied with fresh acidity and a fluid, fruity finish. Firm, fruit-coated tannins.
The 2024 Verdejo Chapirete Sobre Lías comes from 35-year-old vineyards on very sandy soils in Alcazarén, Rueda. Intensely aromatic, as is typical of sandy soils, it offers notes of pineapple, baked apple and field... Read More
Bold and vibrant, with a delicious mix of red licorice and bitter cherry pit woven with earthy tones of tobacco, hibiscus and menthol. Robust yet stylish, with refined tannins lightly guiding the finish. Terrific as a bold rosé... Read More
The 2021 Blanc is turning out beautifully, evoking aromas of mint, spices, peach, lemon oil and spring flowers. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced, it’s tense and fleshy, crystalline and seamless, with a fresh,... Read More
A beautiful, classic wine from this appellation located south of Bordeaux, the 2018 Château De Fieuzal reveals a dense purple hue as well as textbook notes of ripe black cherries, currants, smoked earth, tobacco, and chocolate.... Read More
The 2019 Lacoste-Borie was impressive as a barrel sample sent to my home last spring. Now in bottle, it has a vivacious, quite floral, almost Margaux-like bouquet that bursts from the glass, featuring raspberry, rooibos and black... Read More
Blackberries, dark cherries, hazelnuts, chocolate and cigar box on the nose. Medium-bodied with polished tannins. Round, textured and creamy. Drink after 2023.
The 2024 Rosé Cuvée Tradition is a wild, exotic wine. Aged sous-voile in foudre for one year, this blend of 90% Tibouren and 10% Grenache unleashes a heady array of beeswax, stewed peach, chamomile, toasted bread... Read More
Introduced to the Great King Street range by Compass Box in 2014, the Glasgow Blend is a superbly full-bodied blended Scotch whisky. It's made with 33% Lowland grain whisky and 67% malt whisky from the Highlands, Speyside... Read More
