Category: Wine Reviews
Napa’s Best Cabernet: Tasting at Premiere Napa Valley 2012
It looks like the California wine industry is officially out of the recession. Yesterday, at the annual Premiere Napa Valley
Spottswoode Estate, Napa: Current Releases
Great wines are always tapestries of story, with people and place making up the warp and weft of their fabric.
Critically Tasting Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
One of my unbroken refrains here at Vinography has to do with the value of large public wine tastings as
Ehlers Estate, Napa: Current Releases
Who ever heard of a non-profit winery? In Napa no less. The first time the folks at Ehlers Estate told
The Best Zinfandels of California: Tasting at ZAP 2012
You can always count on the ZAP Zinfandel festival in San Francisco to draw a crowd, no matter what the
2006 Peay Vineyards Roussane/Marsanne Blend, Sonoma Coast
As a wine reviewer who gets paid next to nothing for his work, I have the luxury of only reviewing
2008 Alta Maria Vineyards Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley
If I were doing now what I thought I would probably do with my life as a sophomore in college,
2008 Pheasant’s Tears Rkatsiteli, Republic of Georgia
We don’t know exactly where and when mankind first made wine in any significant quantity, but we believe that it
Dutton-Goldfield Winery, Russian River Valley: Some Current Releases
What’s hot in the wine world tends to focus the most attention. The newest superstar winemaker. The hot new vineyard.
2001 York Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc, Spring Mountain District, Napa
One of the most gratifying experiences I have as a wine lover and very, very small time wine collector involves
Piña Napa Valley: Current Releases
If one were to speculate on the wine market as a savvy investor might in the small-cap stock market, the
2008 Lang & Reed “Two Fourteen” Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley
All of us wine lovers inevitably discover, in the course of our explorations, our own secret wineries. These are the
2009 Morgan Winery “Cote du Crows” Rhone Blend, Monterey
It’s not a huge leap from veterinary medicine to winemaking, and that leap is made even shorter when you’re enrolled
2009 Dry Creek Vineyard “Heritage” Zinfandel, Sonoma County
Driving through California’s wine country, with its carefully manicured vineyards carpeting huge swaths of the countryside, it’s easy to imagine
2007 Bodega del Fin del Mundo “Special Reserve Blend” Red Wine, Patagonia, Argentina
When I visited Argentina a few years ago, my trip was a mix of vacation and wine investigation, and, like
What’s Your Best Wine? Tasting the Wine & Spirits Top 100
The difference between a good public wine tasting and a bad one can be quite dramatic. The bad ones are
2006 Arnot-Roberts “Clary Ranch” Syrah, Sonoma Coast
The reported death of California Syrah has been greatly exaggerated. That’s the topic for a rant some other time. But
