This is the 5th time in 10 years that DRC has produced this wine, a multi-vineyard blend made from younger vines. ...
Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru (Burgundy, France) 2008
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Forlorn Hope, Carneros (California) St. Laurent 2008
This wine is a shock on first sniff: I swore it was bretty, but winemaker Matthew Rorick, who thought the same, swore he'd...
Forlorn Hope, Alta Mesa (Central Coast, California) Alvarelhao 2009
This wine is so fruity -- berries, cherries -- that it's almost bubble-gummy. It's so fruity that you'd think it was...
W. Blake Gray’s Winery and Wine of the Year
I confess, I didn't vote for Chateau Ste. Michelle's $9 Riesling when it won Wine of the Year at the Critics Challenge...
W. Blake Gray’s Wine Pick for Thanksgiving
I'm kind of the mascot here at Wine Review Online. Unlike my colleagues, I've only been writing about wine...
Bella, Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County, California) Zinfandel 2008
From a vineyard planted in the early 1990s, this is a brambly, somewhat savory wine with raspberry and black currant fruit...
Kali Hart by Talbott, Santa Lucia Highlands (Monterey County, California) Pinot Noir 2008
Made mostly from Pinot Noir fruit that didn't make the cut for Talbott's Sleepy Hollow Vineyard-designated wine, this wine...
Talbott, Monterey County (California) Pinot Noir 2008
From a vineyard on top of a 1,200-foot mountain, this Pinot entices with root beer spice, cherry fruit and a dried meat...
Flat Creek Estate, Texas Hill Country (Texas) 2008
A "Super Tuscan"-style wine blended with Petite Verdot and Cabernet Sauvignon from California. It's a...
Becker Vineyards, Texas Hill Country (Texas) Barbera 2008
This wine has as much backbone as any red in Texas, along with ripe cherry fruit, nice acidity and a little cherry tobacco...
Fall Creek, Texas Hill Country (Texas) Tempranillo 2008
A complex nose of black cherry, graphite, cherry tobacco and earth adds interest to this thin-bodied wine, which does have...
Pedernales, Texas (United States) Tempranillo 2008
A very aromatic wine, with notes of dried and fresh cherry, smoked meat and granite. On the palate, it's a...