Search articles
Recent Wine Reviews
- Wines from Château du Moulin a Vent and Domaine du Roc des Boutires January 27, 2021
- Gary Farrell Vineyard: Outstanding New Releases from Winemaker Theresa Heredia January 24, 2021
- Authentic Wines from the Indigenous Grapes of Sicily and Southern Italy January 21, 2021
- Great Godello from Galicia January 18, 2021
- Drew Winery: Brilliant Winemaking in the Mendocino Ridge and Anderson Valley January 12, 2021
- Top Wines from Northern Italy: Tuscany, Veneto, Friuli, and the Piedmont January 10, 2021
- Casal de Armán’s Current Releases from Galicia’s Ribeiro D.O. January 4, 2021
- Trapiche Winery: Argentina’s Oldest and Finest December 30, 2020
- Sweet and Red Vermouth from Italy, Spain and America December 20, 2020
- Ringing in 2021 with Vintage Dated Ports December 18, 2020
Follow Us
Premium Subscription
About Us
This blog offers brief articles and wine reviews for the i-WineReview community— members of the trade and discerning wine consumers around the world. It compliments our in-depth bi-monthly regional reports and wine review articles on www.i-winereview.com.
Archives
- ▼2021 (7)
- ▼January (7)
- Wines from Château du Moulin a Vent and Domaine du Roc des Boutires
- Gary Farrell Vineyard: Outstanding New Releases from Winemaker Theresa Heredia
- Authentic Wines from the Indigenous Grapes of Sicily and Southern Italy
- Great Godello from Galicia
- Drew Winery: Brilliant Winemaking in the Mendocino Ridge and Anderson Valley
- Top Wines from Northern Italy: Tuscany, Veneto, Friuli, and the Piedmont
- Casal de Armán’s Current Releases from Galicia’s Ribeiro D.O.
- ▼January (7)
- ►2020 (70)
- ►2019 (58)
- ►2018 (56)
- ►2017 (60)
- ►2016 (41)
- ►2015 (73)
- ►2014 (58)
- ►2013 (64)
- ►2012 (74)
- ►2011 (58)
- ►2010 (47)
- ►2009 (24)
- ►2008 (15)
- ▼2021 (7)
Category Archives: Great Winemakers
Gary Farrell Vineyard: Outstanding New Releases from Winemaker Theresa Heredia
We’ve been tasting and reviewing Gary Farrell Vineyard wines since before Theresa Heredia joined as winemaker in 2012, and we’ve been tasting Theresa’s wines since her time at Joseph Phelps’ Freestone Vineyards on the Sonoma Coast. We’ve consistently admired Theresa’s … Continue reading
Alvaro Castro: Outstanding Selections from the Dão
Alvaro Castro is one of the most accomplished winemakers in Portugal. Since 1980 he has served as winemaker for his family’s properties at Quinta da Pellada and Quinta de Saes. Alvaro crafts elegant wines sourced from traditional varieties with minimal intervention … Continue reading
Posted in Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Portugal, Portuguese, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Featured
Comments Off on Alvaro Castro: Outstanding Selections from the Dão
Hors Catégorie: A Bit of Northern Rhone in Northern Oregon
Christophe Baron, most famous for his vineyards in The Rocks, has a new discovery, a very steeply sloped basalt hillside vineyard called Hors Catégorie located on the north fork of the Walla Walla River near the Oregon border with Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Red Wine, Shiraz, Washington, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Featured, Oregon, Syrah, Walla Walla
Comments Off on Hors Catégorie: A Bit of Northern Rhone in Northern Oregon
Graham Beck: Exclusive Focus on Premium Sparkling
Industrialist Graham Beck founded his eponymous vineyard and winery in Robertson in 1983. A few years later Pieter Ferreira joined Graham Beck, making his first sparkling wine (called MCC or Methode Cap Classique in South Africa) in 1991. We visited … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, South Africa, Sparkling Wine, Uncategorized, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged feaured, MCC, Pieter Ferreira, Robertson
Comments Off on Graham Beck: Exclusive Focus on Premium Sparkling
Richard Kershaw Lifts Elgin to New Heights
Richard Kershaw, South Africa’s first MW (Master of Wine), worked at wineries around the world (including Simi in California) before becoming winemaker at Mulderbosch and then, in 2012, starting his own eponymous winery in Elgin, South Africa’s coolest growing area. … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Shiraz, South Africa, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Chardonnay, Elgin, Featured, Syrah
Comments Off on Richard Kershaw Lifts Elgin to New Heights
Hermann J. Wiemer of the Finger Lakes: A Great American Winery
Hermann J. Wiemer is one of the pioneers of viticulture and winemaking in the Finger Lakes. A native of Bernkastel, Germany, he studied at the world famous Neustadt Viticultural Research Institute, took a winemaking job in the Finger Lakes, and … Continue reading
Posted in Great Winemakers, New York, Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Featured
Comments Off on Hermann J. Wiemer of the Finger Lakes: A Great American Winery
Austria’s Talented New Winemakers
While traveling around Austria meeting winemakers and tasting wine for our recently published report Austrian Wine: Diverse Terroir, Exceptional Quality, we met the new generation that has entered Austria’s wine industry in recent years. They work in various capacities, although most … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Blaufrankisch, Burgenland, Danube, Featured, Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Wachau, Zweigelt
Comments Off on Austria’s Talented New Winemakers
French-Trained Chilean Winemakers: New Releases from Antiyal, Apaltagua, Domus Aurea, Maquis
No country in the Americas has been so strongly influenced by French winemaking as Chile. Aspiring Chilean winemakers go to France to study enology or work the harvests. And French winemakers and winemaking consultants go to Chile to make wine. … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Red Wine, Uncategorized, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Alvaro Espinoza, Antiyal, Benjamin Mei, Colchagua, Featured, Jean Pascal Lacaze, Maipo, Wines of Chile, Xavier Choné
Comments Off on French-Trained Chilean Winemakers: New Releases from Antiyal, Apaltagua, Domus Aurea, Maquis
Domaine Alice et Olivier de Moor of Chablis
In preparing a new report on Chablis, we recently met up with Alice and Oliver de Moor in Courgis, located about 7 km southwest of Chablis. They started their vineyards 20 years ago with just three parcels [Bel-Air, Clardy, Rosette] … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Countries and Regions, France, Great Winemakers, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Bourgogne, Chablis, Courgis, Featured
Comments Off on Domaine Alice et Olivier de Moor of Chablis
Michel Rolland’s New Spanish Wines
Michel Rolland has made wine all over the world, and we’ve tasted his wines in many of the places where we’ve traveled—Argentina, South Africa, and, of course, France. Now, he extends his global reach to a neighboring country, Spain, where … Continue reading
Posted in Countries and Regions, Great Winemakers, Red Wine, Spain, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
Tagged Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Rolland, Rueda
Comments Off on Michel Rolland’s New Spanish Wines