Wine between $25 and $50

The grapes for the 2019 Cardia Seoane Baja come from the middle of the slope of this vineyard in Doade in the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra. It is a blend of 80% Mencía and 20% Garnacha Tintorera and matured in French barriques... Read More

The site-specific 2018 Malbec Appellation Gualtallary comes from specific soils two plots that they believe transmit the maximum expression of limestone to Malbec giving a structured wine with fine-grained tannins but a little... Read More

The sample of the 2021 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes was truly impressive a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Cariñena. It's a lively and vibrant Priorat with lower alcohol and higher acidity and more freshness pointing at a great... Read More

The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba is rich deep and wonderfully expressive. A burst of dark cherry/plum lavender and spice lends notable richness. In 2021 the Dolcetto marries sumptuous fruit with a total sense of classicism that is... Read More

Bedrock wine company was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Petersen, the son of Joel Petersen who had established Ravenswood. Working initially out of a garage with outdoor fermenters and subsequently borrowing space in a friend’s... Read More

Bedrock wine company was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Petersen, the son of Joel Petersen who had established Ravenswood. Working initially out of a garage with outdoor fermenters and subsequently borrowing space in a friend’s... Read More

Bedrock wine company was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Petersen, the son of Joel Petersen who had established Ravenswood. Working initially out of a garage with outdoor fermenters and subsequently borrowing space in a friend’s... Read More

The 2021 Bourgogne Aligoté has quite a pungent and well-defined bouquet that expresses the variety with style. The palate is well balanced with grapefruit a touch of quince and fine weight. It has a vibrant and lightly spiced... Read More

There is more complete ripeness in the 2021 Arroyo del Tórtolas which shows a darker hue than the 2020 I tasted next to it. It has more clout full development of aromas and flavors and 15% alcohol but it also has more acidity... Read More

The Feuersbrunn 2019 Ried Spiegel 1ÖTW Wagram Grüner Veltliner is from an eight-hectare vineyard where Bernhard Ott makes a strict selection to classify only 56 hectoliters (equal to 100 Eimer or buckets) to be worth a 1er cru.... Read More

""The tiny mousse tells a lot about the quality of this impressive Champagne. It is quite full in style with flavors of white currants and a rich but still bone-dry aftertaste. It is a perfect food Champagne with structure and... Read More

Made from 80% Roussanne and 20% Marsanne brought up in barrel the light gold 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc has a juicy perfumed medium-bodied style as well as some exotic subtle tropical aromas and flavors of white stone fruits... Read More

This is elegant and enticing with baking spice salted butter and hazelnut notes up front but with some air flavors of honeysuckle roasted pineapple and singed lemon peel emerge giving this an edge. A flash of cardamom flows through... Read More

The 2019 Fleurie Les Ponciés unfurls in the glass with a delicate bouquet of red berries petals and orange rind. Medium-bodied pretty and fine-boned it's an elegant perfumed wine from this prime site.

A firmly reduced nose reveals almost nothing except that the underlying fruit seems ripe. Otherwise there is both good verve and freshness to the delicious round and rich medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by lemon-tinged acidity... Read More

The 2019 Pouilly-Loché Climat ";La Colonge"; which comes from clay and silty soils aged entirely in used oak has an enticing bouquet with hints of pop corn and marzipan filtering through the orchard fruit. The palate is very... Read More

The 2020 Pinot Bianco Riserva Vorberg is total class. A whiff of sweet smoke and dusty stone gives way to ginger and crushed yellow apple nuances. It envelopes the palate with rich opulent fruits that coast along a balancing core... Read More

Founded by a group of friends who bought an estate in the 1960s and planted some rows of vines in 1968 and set about modernizing the farmhouse and buildings. The estate took on a different profile following its purchase by Elisabetta... Read More

Here's an exciting discovery from Castello di Ama. An inaugural vintage the 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Montebuoni sources its fruit from a vineyard site planted next to the celebrated Bellavista parcel in 1997. Showing... Read More

The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello di Ama San Lorenzo is a fabulous choice for readers looking for an Ama wine to drink now. Radiant and expressive, with striking depth and exceptional balance, the 2017 is pure... Read More