2023 Christoph Edelbauer Gruner Veltliner

2023 Christoph Edelbauer Gruner VeltlinerChristoph Edelbauer has gained a rabid following of wine freaks all throughout Europe (so much so that his wine rarely makes it this side of the Atlantic!). How could recent vintage Gruner Veltliner, usually relegated to the stuff of cheap summer slammers, earn such a collection of devotees? Easy: source from Grand Cru level, old vine vineyards in Langenlois, be painstakingly meticulous in tending to those vineyards, and draw inspiration from

Decanter Magazine recently surveyed the wide world of pink and called Domaine Ray-Jane's organically farmed Bandol Rosé -- wait for it -- THE BEST ROSÉ IN THE WORLD

Lotsa folks think of Nero d’Avola when they think Sicilian reds

Minimal intervention winemaking & natural fermentation ensure that nothing gets in the way of this honest

matured in French oak for 12 months

and Côte Chalonnaise

Merlot and Primitivo is an absurdly good value for an everyday drinking Italian red

he prioritized certified organic farming: “I realized I needed to stop poisoning myself with the chemical treatments we were using

This is rich and generous stuff

biodynamically farmed

A classic indeed

a wine key (no screwcap here)

(He even said