Featured Wines - July 2010

Reminiscent of some of the better known, hedonistic blends of Barbera and Nebbiolo from Italy’s Piedmont, the 2008 Home Grown Harvest Red is both aromatic and plush on the palate. It offers up a rich aroma of blueberry, black cherry, cedar, and mulberry. Read More

This wine’s gentle flavors caress and seduce the palate with the purity of Chardonnay, unencumbered by oak. Unlike many a New World Chardonnay, Drouhin’s 2008 Macon-Villages captures the essence of Chardonnay and highlights the delicate aspects of Chardonnay and the subtle nuances of terroir. Read More

The 2007 Avignonesi Rosso could not be more charming. Sporting a brilliant ruby red robe, this graceful Tuscan red ingratiates with a multitude of charms. Its beguiling aroma of spring flowers, red fruits, minerals, and subtle earth tones is downright sinful in its unabashed seduction. Read More

Full, creamy, and complex in the mid palate, this latest Don Miguel Vineyard Chardonnay satisfies the senses without satiating the palate. Furthermore, it finishes crisp and long with overtones of lemon and custard that linger in the mind as well as on the palate. Read More

A dense powerful wine that anneals to the side of the bottle and coats the glass, the 2005 De Tierra Monterey Syrah is anything but a fainting flower. This wine’s appeal is immediate and irresistible: strength of character and hedonistic scents of black olive, cassis, cedar, eucalyptus, white pepper and more stagger the senses. Read More

Always classic, elegant, and hauntingly aromatic, Roger and Christophe Moreux’s 2008 Sancerre is even richer than previous releases. It offers up a striking bouquet of melon, passion fruit, fig, herb, and minerals to tantalize the nose. Read More