Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rebecca Murphy
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October 31, 2023
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 The wine’s deep golden orange color signals extended skin contact.  In fact, the destemmed and crushed Roussanne grapes spent two weeks in a polyethylene...
Rebecca Murphy
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October 31, 2023
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 Made from the heat-loving Cinsault grape, this wine from William Chris Vineyards offers dark ruby color and aromas and flavors of spicy blackberry, black...
Roger Morris
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October 31, 2023
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 This is a seriously underpriced wine from an estate located in the southeastern part of Paso Robles that continues to impress by making very...
Rich Cook
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October 31, 2023
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 Interesting that two Dutton Estate Pinot Noirs split the vote evenly on a recent blind tasting with my group — this Pommard clone offering...
Vince Simmon
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October 24, 2023
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 Located Northwest of Piedmont, Valle D’Aosta is Italy’s smallest region with fewer than 2,000 acres spanning just over a dozen towns along the Dora...
Norm Roby
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October 24, 2023
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 Clos des Lunes was founded in 2011 by Olivier Bernard of Domaine de Chevalier, well-known for both its red and white Graves wines.  However,...
Miranda Franco
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October 24, 2023
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 The 2021 Vitis Única Carmenère is warm and generous with ripe blackberry, plum, and dried red cherry notes alongside subtle herbal undertones.  It is...
Vince Simmon
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October 24, 2023
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 In France, there is always an exception.  Rosé Champagne is one of the only regions in the world to make Rosé wines by blending...
Miranda Franco
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October 24, 2023
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 Calabretta has only been estate bottling since 1997; however, the family has been farming vines on Mount Etna for generations.  That depth of their...
Rich Cook
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October 24, 2023
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 The “regular” Sauvignon Blanc bottling from Loveblock shows signature New Zealand style, continuing a regional trend toward a little more elegance and layering of...
Rich Cook
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October 24, 2023
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 I am seeing something of a trend in New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – one that is pulling back on bombastic, overt grapefruit character for...
Vince Simmon
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October 24, 2023
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 El Enemigo — which translates as “The Enemy” — is a Mendoza-based winery that has consistently impressed me with their high-quality wines at incredibly...