Daily Drinker – ARRUMACO Verdejo, Vino de Espana, 2013
The Person: Dan Kravitz, founder and picker of Hand Picked Selections, the importer and blender of this wine. The Place: Northwestern Spain The Story: My friend…
The Person: Dan Kravitz, founder and picker of Hand Picked Selections, the importer and blender of this wine. The Place: Northwestern Spain The Story: My friend…
Rosé is hot. All over the world, dry Rosé has become the summer sipping wine of choice and nowhere does dry Rosé better than the south…
The Person: Dan Kravitz, vineyard owner and wine importer (founder and “selector” of Hand Picked Selections) The Place: Dan’s desolate windblown estate in the Cotes du…
The Person: Leonardo Bellaccini, long-time San Felice winemaker trained in Italy under the legendary Enzo Morgante (creator of first Chianti super Tuscan, maker of first single vineyard…
The Deal: A real French CHAMPAGNE for $19.94!!! The Person: Elisabeth Sarcelet, Chef des Caves (head winemaker) The Place: CHAMPAGNE (a very special place indeed) The…
The Person: Clay Shannon (Owner) The Place: Shannon Ridge Vineyard in Lake County The Story: Even if you are a hard core wine geek (like me),…
The Person: William Hill (Owner and vineyard developer). The Place: The Bellflower vineyard and others developed by vineyard icon Bill Hill in the cool Russian River…
The Person: Artur Suqué (head of Grup Perelada, owner of Casa Gran Siurana) The Place: Priorat in the Penedes region of Spain south of Barcelona The…
The Person: Eric Perrin (owner) The Place: Ch. Haut Vigneau adjacent to Ch. Carbonnieux in Leognan The Wine: Ch. HAUT VIGNEAU, Pessac Leognan Rouge, 2012 ($18.99)…
The Person: Benoit Baudry (owner) The Place: Domaine de Cabasse on the border between Sablet and Seguret (both villages in the Cotes du Rhone Villages) The…