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From South Africa comes a 13.5% alcohol wine costing $15 and scoring 15+ points on the Dionysian 20-point scale. The 2014 Stonehaven Sauvignon Blanc from the Point Cape…
The excellent 1997 Sartori Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico scored 18 Dionysian points, a gold score; has 14% alcohol when they usually have 15%, and cost under $22 back…
The 1985 Tinto Pesquera Cosecha Propia Reserva was hand-carrried back from Ribera del Duero in Spain. It has 12.5% alcohol, scored a gold 18 Dionysian points on their 20-point…
At 12% alcohol, costing under $18, and scoring 17 excellent points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20, the 2016 Sharrott Winery Barrel Reserve Chardonnay is a…
Costing $45, with 12% alcohol and scoring 17+ Dionysian Points out of a possible 20 Dionysian Scale, the multi vintage Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain was a pleasure to…
From New York’s Finger Lakes, the 2017 Keuka Spring Riesling cost $13, had 11% alcohol, and scored 15 fine points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20….
At 12.1% alcohol, the 2017 Tomasello Blaufrankisch from the Outer Coastal Plain of New Jersey, scored an excellent 16 points on the Dionysian scale. Costing under $20, the…
Scoring 17+ points on the 20-point Dionysian scale, the 12.5% alcohol Non-Vintage Lanson Champagne Depuis 1760 Black Label was more than worth its $45 cost. The bubbly was…
Scoring 17 points out of 20 Dionysian points, with 15% alcohol, and costing about $24, the 2016 Ironstone Vineyards Reserve Old Vine Zinfandel could age another ten years…
Scoring 19 points on the Dionysian scale of 20-possible-points, the 1999 Ornellaia, at twenty years old, is at its peak. Still ruby with a tinge of orange on the…