After years of pursuing the Burgundy mystique, California Pinot Noir producers have in recent years been fascinated more...
Paul Hobbs, West Sonoma Coast (South America) Pinot Noir 2021
Perhaps because the region is so large, there has been an outpouring of Sonoma Coast Pinots in recent years, and many...
King Family, Monticello (Virginia) 2019
If you are a wine explorer, spend some time in Virginia. Like Napa Valley was in the 1970s and ‘80s, there are...
Moraga, Bel Air (California) 2017
In a contemporaneous review for a Trump wine, I note my thoughts on separating wine reviews from political views. ...
Trump Winery, Monticello (Virginia) 2016
I believe in cancel culture, boycotts, labor strikes and peaceful demonstrations, while realizing that can work both...
Smith-Madrone, Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
First the review notes, then the commentary. I find the wine enjoyable, one with bright red berries and green herbal...
Jefferson Vineyards, Monticello (Virginia) Petit Manseng 2021
History can also be baggage, and that of Thomas Jefferson trying and failing at sustainably growing and producing vinifera...
Barboursville Vineyards, Virginia (United States) Vermentino 2021
Virginia wineries have led the way in not only experimenting with, but also settling on, grape varieties that excel in the...
Domäne Wachau, Wachau (Austria) Grüner Veltliner 2021
The Wachau region along the Danube west of Vienna is well known for its elegant, yet structured, Grüners and...
Etude, Carneros – Napa Valley (California) Pinot Gris 2020
Many American wineries will produce a wine from a grape variety that is not in keeping with either the bulk of their...
Arkenstone Estate, Howell Mountain – Napa Valley (California) Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Very much like a cru Medoc white – 94% Sauvignon, 6% Semillon – with its broader, but nevertheless lean,...
Arkenstone Estate, Howell Mountain – Napa Valley (California) Sauvignon Blanc 2017
One doesn’t normally think of Howell Mountain as a fountain of complex white wines – after all its murky...