Wine Reviews
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The Napa Valley 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is a vibrant, rich, and fairly complex red wine with a nice long finish. It is an apt...
Frog’s Leap is the Rutherford winery John Williams and Larry Turley founded 40 years ago. They are known for advancing non-irrigated, organic farming practices. ...
Founded by Salesian monks in 1885, Cremisan was established by a young Italian missionary, Father Antonio Bellone, to create work for people in the...
The 2021 Silvaner, with the iconic bottle shape of the Franconia wine region of Germany, is dry, vivid, and mouth-filling, with a youthful nose...
For years, Rombauer Cabernets reminded me of a Bordeaux Left Bank third-growth red that often performed like a Super Second at a lesser price. ...
Frescobaldi produces several Chiantis and Chianti Classicos, and this is one of my favorites, well worthy of the Gran Selezione designation that so often...
Opolo reaches south for the fruit in this Chardonnay offering to the somehow still under-sung Edna Valley AVA. There is a bit corn in...
The Laurelwood District AVA is a new addition to the Willamette Valley wine lexicon, established in 2020. It lies within the Chehalem Mountains AVA...
Chablis is perhaps the most distinctive of all Chardonnay wines. Drawn from well-sited slopes on the famous Kimmeridgian soils of the village, Chablis, especially...
La Vieille Ferme Rosé is undoubtedly one of the best values in the market. The Perrin Family of Château de Beaucastel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape launched...
Chapoutier is one of the top producers in the Rhône, so it’s no surprise that this mid-weight red Côtes du Rhône of theirs is...
Normally, wines from the Beaujolais-Villages appellation are a blend of wine from several different villages and do not carry the name of an individual...