Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Marguerite Thomas
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February 14, 2023
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 This Pinot Noir’s attractive rosy-red color sets the mood visually, and its corresponding berry and cherry aromas and flavors are pleasurable indeed.  Tasters who...
Norm Roby
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February 14, 2023
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 Yet another seemingly obscure variety, Inzolia I found out has long grown in Sicily and until recently was primarily a table grape and sometimes...
Roger Morris
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February 14, 2023
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 Dalla Terra has specialized over the years in representing good-quality-for-price Italian family wineries spread out across that peninsula.  In bringing out its own Barolo,...
Miranda Franco
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February 14, 2023
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 Scott Becker and Benoit Touquette took over Napa’s Realm Cellars a dozen years ago and are now making extraordinary wines.  The 2019 Tempest is...
Miranda Franco
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February 14, 2023
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 Hailing from the sprawling wine region of Rías Baixas, which touches the Atlantic Ocean in northwest Spain, this Albariño has a radiant straw-yellow core...
Miranda Franco
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February 14, 2023
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 Produced by the esteemed Paul Hobbs, who has wineries on four continents. Hobbs founded his Mendoza winery, Viña Cobos, in 1999, and Felino is...
Rich Cook
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February 14, 2023
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 I am a fan of Cuvaison’s propensity for small lot, highly stylized takes on popular varieties.  This Merlot shows the rich, full throttle side...
Rich Cook
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February 14, 2023
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 There are still plenty of fans of heavily oaked Chardonnay out there, so much so that some producers are leaving hints on the labels...
Wayne Belding
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February 14, 2023
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The Godello grape is grown most notably in the region of Valdeorras in northwestern Spain.  When well-made, it offers a combination of fruit and...
Rich Cook
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February 14, 2023
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 Castello di Amorosa’s Napa Valley Sangiovese continues to carry bold stylistic markers in 2019, with ripe black cherry, soft herbs and deep oak spice...
Wayne Belding
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February 14, 2023
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 The Château de la Ragotière Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine is a refreshing white from vineyards in the Pays Nantais – where the Loire...
Rich Cook
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February 14, 2023
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 As more and more varietally labeled examples of Petit Verdot come to market, I can’t help but be reminded of singles bars, where slicked-backed...