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Jun 13, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Joshua Greene |John Szabo MS |Corey Warren
Silver Kofkeche $35 Kofkeche 2021 Malleco ChardonnayMalleco is on the way south from Concepción toward the Lake District, deep enough into the volcanic south that this wine "screams volcanics first, chardonnay second," noted Mary Gorman MW.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren |John Szabo MS
Chairman's Award Zind-Humbrecht $135 Zind-Humbrecht 2021 Alsace Grand Cru . GewurztraminerPut aside your preconceptions of gewurztraminer and consider how the variety provides a tool to bring out the terroir in this wine. Joshua Greene found it delicious and fascinating, with a beautiful sculptural quality to the texture.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren |John Szabo MS
Silver D'Angelo $25 D'Angelo 2020 Aglianico del VultureThis took a day to evolve toward a structure that felt classical for the region, savory and comfortably ripe. When it was first presented to the panel, the hard edges of oak tannins had not yet integrated with the wine's richness. Since panel did not come to consensus, it was tasted the next day by the competition chairs.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
93 Alain Brumont $28 2018 Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Sec Château Bouscassé Les Jardins PhilosophiquesWorking with petit courbu (and some petit manseng) that he grows in the clay and limestone soils of Château Bouscassé, Alain Brumont crafts a formidable white, giving the wine a year in stainless steel vat on its lees with periodic stirring. It takes a while to wake up, the flavors remaining muted even after four hours.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
Tastings Stephanie JohnsonItalian Wine CriticStephanie joined Wine & Spirits Magazine as Tasting Director in 2013 and became Italian Wine Editor in 2016. She spends a significant amount of time each year visiting Italy’s wine regions, tasting with producers and researching articles about their practices. Stephanie holds the WSET Diploma in Wine & Spirits and has worked in the wine retail and restaurant sectors, including five years as Wine Director at City Winery in NYC’s SoHo district.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
Elegant Chardonnay - Wine & Spirits Magazine Winemaker Ntsiki Biyela (Photo courtesy of the winery)Ntsiki Biyela grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, a province on South Africa’s eastern coast. In 1999, she won a scholarship to study winemaking in Stellenbosch—and started Aslina in 2016, named after Biyela’s grandmother. There’s a mineral buzz to this chardonnay, with plenty of salinity and soft orchard-fruit complexity—pear compote and blonde, unspiced apple butter.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Corey Warren
Ntsiki Biyela grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, a province on South Africa’s eastern coast. In 1999, she won a scholarship to study winemaking in Stellenbosch—and started Aslina in 2016, named after Biyela’s grandmother. There’s a mineral buzz to this chardonnay, with plenty of salinity and soft orchard-fruit complexity—pear compote and blonde, unspiced apple butter.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
Complex South African Chenin Blanc - Wine & Spirits Magazine Winemaker Gynore Hendricks (Photo courtesy of the winery)Great Heart is an employee-owned venture of the teams at Mullineux and Leeu Passant, and the wines we’ve tasted this year and last offer plenty to be excited about. This is a really quaffable chenin—the candied-pear flavors laced with high-toned florals grab your attention first.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
Survival Vines - Wine & Spirits Magazine The Mullineux family in Swartland. (Photo courtesy Mullineux)Great winegrowers make good wine even in a bad vintage—at least, they used to. How they will…To read this article and more,subscribe now. To continue reading without interruption, subscribe and get unlimited digital access to our web content and wine search. This story appears in the print issue of Winter 2023. Like what you read? Subscribe today.
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Aug 14, 2023 | 
wineandspiritsmagazine.com | Corey Warren
Savory Syrah Blend - Wine & Spirits Magazine Château Maris’s estate vineyard is peppered with olive oil trees. (Photo courtesy of the winery)La Livinière is about 30 miles inland from the Mediterranean, the vines planted in the foothills of the Montagne Noire. Its name means “the place planted with vines,” dating back to Roman times. Château Maris focuses on sustainability not only in the vineyard—they’ve been biodynamically certified since 2004—but also in all the peripheral aspects, too.
