The so-called “wine of the people”, Italian Barbera is Nebbiolo’s oft-ignored friend, occupying the lesser sites of Piemonte and producing high yields to wash down
Category: Wine Reviews
Wine Review: Donkey and Goat Stone Crusher Skin Ferment Roussanne El Dorado 2015
Donkey and Goat is a small urban winery in downtown Berkeley sourcing grapes from the Sierra Foothills. They make so called “natural wine”—wine with no
Budget Wine Review: Leone De Castris, “Maiana” Salice Salentino 2013
From Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, this wine is made from 90% Negroamaro grapes, a robust, tannic varietal supplemented by 10% of the floral,
Wine Review: Alma Rosa Pinot Noir Clone 115 Sta. Rita Hills, 2014
During a recent stopover in the Santa Barbara area, I had a chance to visit one of my favorite Pinot producers, Alma Rosa Winery. Richard Sanford,
Budget Wine Review: Tormaresca Neprica Puglia IGT 2014
A project of the renowned Antinori family, this wine hails from Puglia in Southern Italy and so features the Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes with Cabernet
Budget Wine Review: Bodegas Campo Viejo Tempranillo Rioja 2014
Ubiquitous, inexpensive, reliable, simple goodness. This is an ideal, go-to, everyday wine. Black cherry, baking spices, with raw wood notes lurking behind the hints of
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