Wine Reviews
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Padrino Viengracia’s Tempranillo doesn’t give any clues as to the specific origin within Spain, which is unusual for a wine that’s this good. This...
There was a time when “California” was the only designation that a wine from the Golden State could legally carry. Of course, times have...
Elodie Balme symbolizes a new generation of winemakers in Rasteau, employing organic viticulture and making slightly less muscular wines that are formerly emblematic to...
The Sonoma Coast AVA is enormous, even encompassing the Russian River Valley, a warmer locate. Growers whose vineyards were closer to the Pacific would...
Wines like this seem to beg for adjectives outside the regular descriptors in order to really convey what’s going on in the glass. I’m...
Gary Eberle’s relationship with Howard Steinbeck goes all the way back to the very beginnings of wine in Paso Robles in the early 1970s,...
The talented team of James and Kerry MacPhail oversee Liquid Vineyl, the producer of Tongue Dancer wines. Since everyone just refers to them as...
Raptor Ridge was founded in 1995 by Scott and Annie Schull, who started from their barn in Hillsboro. They cleared an old cherry orchard...
Grenache is California red variety to watch. Grenache can be as nuanced as high-end Pinot Noir — often at half the price. In California,...
The dark, earthy expression possible with Pinot Noir is on display here, joined with mixed dark cherry fruit, a fair amount of oak and...
Already a pretty generous wine, this is all about rich, dark fruit and a plush midpalate texture for it to ride on. Soft herbs...
There is a tell in this wine that tips me into the St. Helena zone – it’s the black and blue character that has...