Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Roger Morris
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August 13, 2024
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 A step up in quality if only modestly in price from the signature Bouvet Blanc, this vintage-dated bubbly from the Loire makes us wonder...
Roger Morris
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August 13, 2024
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 One could do worse than order a case of M. Chapoutier’s “Belleruche” at this price to have an affordable and elegant house wine.  The...
Roger Morris
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August 13, 2024
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 The label looks like a playful shipping or instructional graphic, but the wine inside is solid.  Good intensity of flavors, mildly tart red fruits...
Vince Simmon
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August 13, 2024
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 Iron Horse selected their most fruit-forward Pinot Noir as the centerpiece of their 2019 Rainbow Cuvée.  The wine’s zippy acidity is perfect with its...
Norm Roby
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August 13, 2024
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 This 100% Chenin Blanc is from organically farmed vineyards and the wine is not your typical Vouvray.  The flagship of Domaine Damien Pinon, this...
Miranda Franco
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August 13, 2024
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 In 2007, Steve Bettschen purchased a vineyard with no intention of making wine himself.  He initially hired a company to manage the vineyards, but...
Miranda Franco
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August 13, 2024
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 Hailing from the island of Pico, part of the Azores archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores Wine Company’s 2023 Rosé...
Rich Cook
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August 13, 2024
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 Russian River cool climate acidity is on full display here, and that’s a good thing, especially in the hands of this producer.  The cherry...
Rich Cook
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August 13, 2024
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 A rich and complex expression, with a little whole cluster fermentation adding some stemmy pepper notes to the raspberry, black cherry, rhubarb and mixed...
Rich Cook
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August 13, 2024
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 I don’t think I have ever described a wine as a nectarine bomb, but there is a first time for everything.  This is all...
Rich Cook
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August 13, 2024
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 Always a bold offering, this vintage of the Renegade is all you want in a lusty red wine.  Aromas and flavors of black fruit,...
Rich Cook
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August 13, 2024
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 You may not think of Prosecco as being fresh when carrying a three-year-old vintage date, but this bottle manages just fine, with aromas of...