Having a critical look at "love" wines

Year 11, No. 02

Greetings,

Firstly, Happy Year of the Ox to everyone!

Maybe the Chinese Lunar New Year is the actual new year we've all been waiting for? 2020's Year of the Rat really lived up to its animal, so one can only hope for a brighter horizon further down the road.

I'm very happy to have started this year with a wealth of articles on regions and wines that are new to me, including a regional report on DO Somontano. This may be new to you as well as they don't export heavily outside of Spain. But there's a lot to love there, so I recommend seeking out their wines.

Speaking of love, I've worked to continue what has now apparently become a series of Definitive Wine Guides to certain holidays. Ruth Spivey did a brilliant job with the one last Christmas and hopefully you'll also enjoy this one that's just out for Valentine's Day! 

One last note in that I've been working to consolidate a number of our mailing lists and so some of you may be getting this for the first time (which get sent only once a mo…