A Napa Vintage Mae West Would Love . . .
Upon further review, I’m even more enamored of the big 2003 reds from the Napa Valley than I realized. Come...
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Robert Whitley
Napa Valley’s Benchmark Sauvignon Blanc . . .
ST. HELENA, CA. — Ordinarily a stop at Spottswoode would be all about the Cabernet Sauvignon. Cab is the money...
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Spottswoode Cab, the Pichon-Lalande of Napa Valley
ST. HELENA, CA. — Spottswoode winemaker Jennifer Williams posed an interesting question during my visit earlier this week. We were...
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Style Points for Elegance, Balance and Consistency
ST. HELENA, CA. — Whatever else Cathy Corison may me, she is consistent. That much was evident on Monday as...
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Wine Country Travel: Pawlcyn’s ‘Go Fish’ a New Find
ST. HELENA, CA. — I rolled into St. Helena sometime close to 9 p.m. Sunday night and knew finding a...
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WRO Archives, Your Very Own Wine Library
You may have noticed that many recent blog items have suddenly disappeared. Well, actually, they haven’t. They’ve been archived. That...
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November to Remember: 1.4 Million Hits, 77,768 Visitors!
Christmas came a month early here at Wine Review Online. We’ve just finished our best month ever, recording 1,457,002 hits from...
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Season’s Greetings . . .
It’s almost my favorite time of year again. Nope, not the holidays — the competition season. More specifically, that would...
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The Call of the Wine Locker
I finally took the big plunge and rented a wine locker. My collection of ageworthy wines had outgrown my small...
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America’s Very Own La Chapelle
A few years back I walked up Hermitage Hill on a bitter cold January day and snapped a photo of...
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Spirits of the Season I
First up in my recommended spirits for the holiday season series is the beautifully crafted Auchentoshan 18 Year Old Oloroso...
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