How to Purchase Individual Reports
Wine Review Articles
Current Releases of Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Posted on October 16 2025
This year, 2025, is just the second year when Chianti Classico producers can produce and sell the highest quality category wine, the Gran Selezione, using a classification that identifies the sub-region where the grapes were produced. Most of these wines … Continue reading →
Navarra’s Azul y Garanza Bodegas: On the Edge of Europe’s Largest Desert
Posted on October 13 2025
The home vineyard of Azul y Garanza is in the lunar landscaped Las Bardenas Reales of Navarre on the edge of Europe’s largest desert. Poor limestone soils, dry farmed, organically cultivated vines in an arid climate, and huge diurnal temperatures … Continue reading →
Kanzler Vineyards: High Quality Grapes and Wines in the Russian River Valley’s Sebastopol Hills
Posted on October 11 2025
The cool, windy Sebastopol Hills part of the Russian River Valley has recently been “found” by growers and winemakers, but the Kanzler Family has been there growing grapes for 30 years. We recently visited Alex Kanzler and his wife Breaana … Continue reading →
Book Review: Book Simple by Aldo Sohm with Christine Muhlke
Posted on October 10 2025
I wasn’t excited about reading Book Simple. After all, who needs yet another primer on how to taste wine? But I quickly found myself liking this book. It covers a wide variety of topics—from grape varieties to wine glasses to … Continue reading →
Bodegas Castillo de Monjardín of Navarra
Posted on October 9 2025
Located in the San Esteban valley, a winemaking area within Navarra’s Tierra Estella, Castillo de Monjardín was founded in 1988. Today the winery has 200 ha of vineyards in the San Esteban valley at 900m altitude and south near the … Continue reading →
