by Nicole MacKay | May 28, 2026
Black Hills Estate Winery Nota Bene 2024 The Black Hills Estate Winery Nota Bene 2024 marks a distinctive detour for one of the Okanagan’s benchmark Bordeaux-blend producers. As part of the Hiatus Collection, grapes were sourced largely from Oregon’s The Rocks...
by Nicole MacKay | May 20, 2026
Tenuta Rapitala Alto Reale Sicilia DOC 2024 Tenuta Rapitala Alto Reale Sicilia DOC 2024 is a fresh and lifted expression of Nero d’Avola, maintaining the grape’s natural warmth and depth. The wine opens with ripe black cherry, wild plum, dried herbs, and a faint cocoa...
by Nicole MacKay | May 20, 2026
Donnafugata Floramundi Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG 2023 Donnafugata Floramundi Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG 2023 delivers warmth and generosity, leaning into a playful tug-of-war between Nero d’Avola’s darker fruit and Frappato’s aromatic brightness, opening with sour...
by Nicole MacKay | May 17, 2026
Alessandro di Camporeale Mandranova Grillo Sicilia DOC 2024 Alessandro di Camporeale Mandranova Grillo Sicilia DOC 2024, from Sicilia, specifically the hills of Camporeale in Italy, shows Grillo in a focused, coastal-leaning register. The nose moves through...
by Nicole MacKay | May 17, 2026
Tasca d’Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Bianco Sicilia DOC 2024 The Tasca d'Almerita Tenuta Regaleali Bianco Sicilia DOC 2024 from Tasca d'Almerita is a confident Sicilian white built on altitude-grown fruit from the estate’s high hills. Stainless-steel...
