home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Long Island Explained | Main | No Wine At Alices Restaurant This TDay » What Does the Top Wine of the Year Mean? The previous year it was a 2005 Clos Roche Blanche Gamay. Wine of the year is Angeli Anjou La Lune 2005! Whats not to like. MORE >>

But in the main, I think we’ve managed the reduction problem by changing our yeasts and by making sure the wines are scrupulously clean when we bottle. 2005 was a wonderful vintage for riesling in Australia and I reckon that in about five years, that wine is really going to hit its straps. Yes, in a sense. Part of it is historic. MORE >>

2008 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords , $16, Louis/Dressner Selections. remember loving the 2005 almost immediately upon release because it was so open and expressive. Without hesitation he said "Muscadet." There are many people who say that Muscadet is the world's finest value in white wine. MORE >>

2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords, $16, Louis/Dressner Imports. 2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Tuffeaux, $20, Louis/Dressner Imports. 2005 Belle Pente Pinot Noir Murto Vineyard, Oregon, $32. 2005 Domaine des Croix Bourgogne, $25, Becky Wasserman Selections. MORE >>

Vietti Barbera d'Alba Scarrone 2005 DOC 100% Barbera, from small single vineyard and 60 year old vines, here is a delicious nose of violets, chocolate with cherry pie, vanilla and cinnamon, carrying a nice acidity, and a long smooth finish. My friend Eric Guido has done it again. He's obsessed with Risotto, and I'm so glad. But first. MORE >>