-
The Vivanco winery and its incredible museum is located in Briones, La Rioja. Founded by Pedro Vivanco, a pioneer among Spanish winemakers, the estate is now managed by his sons, Rafael and Santiago. Rafael is the winemaker and is focused on producing wines exclusively from native grapes using traditional techniques. This Vivanco Crianza is made with 95% Tempranillo, 2% Maturana Tinta, and 3% Graciano, and aged in both French and American oak barrels for 16 months. Fresh and floral, expect red berry aromas with spicy notes on the nose, a well-balanced palate with juicy acidity and medium chalky tannins. -
Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas 2021 is a red wine produced by the Ramos Pinto winery in Portugal's Douro region. It is made from a blend of two different grape varieties: Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. In the glass, the wine has a deep ruby color with violet hues. On the nose, it offers aromas of blackberry, cassis, and dark cherry, along with hints of tobacco, cedar, and vanilla. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied with firm tannins and a good balance between fruit and acidity. Flavors of black fruit, spices, and oak are prominent, leading to a long and persistent finish. -
Sale!
Revana Terroir Series Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 has apowerful aromatics with notes of cherry compote, violet, leather, blackberry, cedar, and earth. Fresh and powerful flavors on the palate that are bright with fullness and depth. Black and blue fruits are accented with notes of lilac, and brown sugar. -
Sale!
Ridge Monte Bello 2020 has an opaque ruby color. The wine has cassis, plum and red currant fruit notes followed by a toasty oak, vanilla, fennel and berry. -
Briccolina was the pioneer vineyard for our biodynamic approach and is now the only Barolo cru granted with the Demeter certification. It is a vineyard-garden, entirely worked by hand. It undergoes very long macerations during vinification. -
For centuries, the Schioppettino grapes were cultivated in Friulli-Venezia Giulia, in Italy. In the middle of the 19th century, with the advent of phylloxera, Schioppettino was almost completely destroyed. In 1970, Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi founded the winery Ronchi di Cialla and managed to find about 60 surviving vines of Schioppettino. They made new cuttings and managed, in the space of 2 years, to create a first wine estate of 3,500 vines that marked the rebirth of the Schioppettino. In the words of Nick Jackson MW: "Schioppettino is a paradoxical variety: intensely aromatic, medium-bodied, with a mere 12-12.5% alcohol, high acidity and a lingering, perfumed finish, it is also, in spite of its lightness, capable of very long aging." The 2017 vintage is made with 100% Schioppettino grapes, aged in French oak barriques for 14-18 months and in bottles for 30-36 months. According to the producer the wine has capacity to age and develop in the next 20-23 years. So buy 2 bottles: one to drink now and another one for aging! Ronchi Di Cialla Schioppettino Di Cialla 2017 has a balanced ruby red color with bright reflections. It has aromas of white pepper and small red fruits, currants and blackberries, intriguing balsamic and undergrowth (sous-bois) notes. -
Sale!
Round Pond Napa Cabernet Estate 2018 has aromas of clean, bright fruit such as pomegranate and crushed raspberry. Creamy, rich, and generous, this wine shows essences of sweet spices and desert sage which marry well with hints of black peppercorn and cocoa. Lively with firm, chewy tannins, this wine follows through with rich black cherry, coffee and a pleasing granite-like finish.
