2017 Macchialupa, Campania Aglianico — This wine comes from Campania, in the boot heel of southern Italy. The winery is located at around 450 meters elevation in the mountainous, interior Beneventano subregion and their focus is on local indigenous grapes. Continue reading
Category Archives: Collector’s Club
Collector’s Club – March 2022
2020 J. Mourat, Collection Val de Loire Blanc — The Loire Valley stretches from Sancerre in the east to Muscadet, where the river meets the Atlantic. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – February 2022
2020 Nortico, Alvarinho — We usually associate Albariño with the fresh, seafood-friendly wines from northeast Spain’s Rías Baixas region. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – January 2022
2018 Finca Torremilanos, Los Cantos, Ribera del Duero — Created in 1903, Torremilanos is the second oldest winery in Ribera del Duero, in the Castilla y León region of northern Spain. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – December 2021
2017 Celler Cal Pla, Black Slate, Porrera — The Priorat zone is located in northeast Spain’s Catalonia region and is coveted for its unique decomposed slate soil known as llcorella which adds a singular minerality to the concentrated, powerful wines produced there. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – November 2021
2017 Mas des Volques, “Esus,” Duché d’Uzès — Nicolas Souchon was a young oenologist working at Clos Saint-Jean in Châteauneuf-du-Pape when he decided to start his own winery. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – October 2021
2020 Marchetti, Tenuta del Cavaliere Verdicchio — Verdicchio is one of the classic white grapes of central Italy. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – September 2021
2019 Martorana, Organic Syrah — The Martorana family has been making wine in Sicily for three generations. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – August 2021
2020 Lydian, Alto — Lydian is the second label of Avennia, the highly acclaimed Woodinville winery founded by winemaker Chris Peterson, with a commitment to producing “timeless, world class wines that are solely and undeniably Washington.” Continue reading
Collector’s Club – July 2021
2015 Bluwines, Bluhands Carignan — Bluwines was created in 2010 by Chilean enologist Paola Poblete and her husband, Ulf Bergman. Continue reading