You know all those links we keep talking about in the newsletter? The ones you keep meaning to check out when you have a second between phone calls or meetings or the kids crying? The ones, if you actually do go there, you forget to bookmark so you can go there again because the phone rings or you have to go into a meeting or the...well, you know what we're getting at!

And don't forget to check back in regularly for updates and additions as this page develops!

Wine sites

Allegrini. Producers of some outstanding valpolicella, the rich red from Italy.

Artesa. A very cool, very Cal place with a truly outstanding merlot.

Bindella. Makers of terrific Italian rossos (we featured their Montepulciano in a past issue), these people deserve your attention.

Boeger Winery. Greg Boeger has a nice little place down in California and produces what we consider some very under-appreciated wines. A Vino pick!

Bogle Vineyards. This California winery is the producer of a very lovely petite sirah. We look forward to seeing more from them!

Boscaini . Makers of some of our recent favorite rossos, they hail from the Veneto in the northeast corner of Italy.

Vignerons Buzet. A tiny collective that makes some mighty big wines. Go!

Azienda Agricola Casale. Robert Parker thinks the Davidii family in Tuscany makes some of the finest Nobiles he's ever tasted. Check them out!

Caviola . Guiseppe "Beppe" Caviola is the winemaker for Ca del Baio and the winner of the 2002 Winemaker of the Year from the prestigious Gambero Rosso. Oh, and he makes his own wines at his own winery, too. Check him out!

Chateau Beaucastel. We think Francois and Jean Pierre Perrin not only make some outstanding Chateau-Neuf-du-Papes, but their Vacqueyras is out of this world (see Domaine Perrin, below). Great folks, great wine!

Chateau Montmirail. A producer of some of the best Vacqueyras in the southern Rhone, they also have an incredible estate.

Columbia Winery. Ever since I got into the wine biz more than 10 years ago, I've loved the wines from Columbia Winery in Washington state. Across the board these wines have always represented not only great quality, but also great value. They've been proving for years that you don't have to pay huge dollars to get outstanding wine. David Lake has been in charge almost since the beginning. He's an amazingly talented winemaker as well as one of the few American "Masters of Wine," which is kind of like being a wine geek's wine geek. But he's also a very cool wine geek, one of the nicest people I've met in the industry.

Poderi Aldo Conterno . Conterno is one of Italy's finest producers of absolute top-drawer red wine. Visit him and find out what Italian wine-making is all about!

Agricola Barone Cornacchia. Italian makers of a full-bodied vino rosso. One of the best we've had from this region!

Deltetto. At this agricola they make an incredible arneis that we said "tastes as if you're pulling fruit right off the vine and popping it into your mouth."

Domaine Mavette. Makers of some slurpers in the south of France, we love the wines these guys make!

DuBoeuf. A prodigious producer of wine in France, and a pretty nice little website to boot.

Erik Banti. What can we say? We think Erik is cool and his wines are hot. See what you think!

Flynn Vineyards. One of the few Oregon wineries with a website, these folks also make really nice pinots.

Gallo. You know, ernest and Julio of cheap jug wine fame. Only now the head winemaker named Gallo is a woman and she's making some mighty fine liquid refreshment!

Hanna Winery. In his winery in lovely Healdsburg, winemaker Jefferson Hinchliffe makes what we consider one of the under-appreciated whites in California's Napa Valley.

Inama. This azienda agricola in northern Italy makes one of the best Soaves we've ever had.

Bodegas Lan. You know, these folks have a real nice website, but if they didn't make great wine, too, we wouldn't bother to list them. It's the Vino way!

Laurel Glen Patrick Campbell is a cab guru and his Laurel Glen reds are some of the best values for the money in Cal wines. And he's got a nice little place in cyberspace, too.

Leasingham. Makers of some lovely Oz shiraz.

Librandi. Pour yourself some wine from this producer in sunny southern Italy, sit back and surf their site. You'll be transported!

Lurton (pere). Andre Lurton has been a producer of some of the finest white Bordeaux wines for 50 years. And has started a dynasty of his own (see next entry).

Lurton (freres). Two French brothers who really know their way around winery. Or, in their case, wineries since they make it in southern France and in Argentina. And Parker thinks they're tops. Get Lurtonized!