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Harlan at Half the Price? – The Stunning Wines of Lokoya

by Karen MacNeil | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured, Wine Producers, Wine Recommendations

I have been searching for the right word for 48 hours. “Spellbinding” could work. For the wines are definitely that. But I think a truer word would be “pure.” In fact, the purity of Lokoya’s four cabernet sauvignons, all from different mountains in the Napa Valley, is...

The Judge and The Master

by Karen MacNeil | Jan 13, 2016 | Wine Producers, Wine Recommendations, Winemaking and Viticulture

“The clusters look like mice hanging upside down by their tails.” This was John Kongsgaard, describing his chardonnay grapes which are denuded on all sides of their leafy clothing and left entirely naked and exposed before they are picked. Kongsgaard, a man who many...

The Sensory Appeal of Tokaji

by Karen MacNeil | Dec 31, 2015 | Wine Recommendations

Wholly unique. Widely misunderstood. Genius. Tokaji is as savory and refreshing as it is sweet. Indeed, the wine may well be the most truly balanced wine in the world for, in the same split second, it registers on every sensory dimension currently known: sweet, salty,...