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
Category Archives: Collector’s Club
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
Collector’s Club – June 2021
2019 Lyrarakis, Vidiano — Crete is Greece’s largest island, situated at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. It is a mountainous region with a mostly Mediterranean climate and Lyrarakis, a family winery, has been producing wine here since 1966. Continue reading