Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Michael Apstein
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August 6, 2024
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 Jean Claude Berrouet, the former winemaker at Château Pétrus and other Moueix estates, consults at Tapiz, another Patricia Ortiz property.  Berrouet’s hallmark style —...
Rebecca Murphy
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July 30, 2024
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 Looking for a refreshing wine at an affordable price for summer?  Frescobaldi has the answer with this pale yellow Vermentino.  This wine offers bright,...
Rebecca Murphy
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July 30, 2024
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 Arneis is an aromatic white wine grape originally from the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.  For many years it was planted with Nebbiolo grapes...
Rich Cook
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July 30, 2024
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 Heath Vineyards is part of Texas’ Grape Creek Vineyards, and it is the part that sources fruit from California.  This is spot on Willow...
Rich Cook
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July 30, 2024
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 Winemaker Chris Eberle is showing real mastery with Rhône varieties, and he’s also a fine blender as shown here.  If you ask Chris, he...
Rich Cook
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July 30, 2024
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 They say that Syrah is a hard sell, but a taste of this will have you reaching for your wallet to facilitate taking some...
Rich Cook
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July 30, 2024
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 A fresh vintage of this offering continues a long string of high quality from this production team, who seemingly don’t know how to make...
Michael Franz
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July 30, 2024
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 I’ve never visited this producer despite liking the different releases quite consistently — and always wondering how anybody worked up the nerve to give...
Michael Franz
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July 30, 2024
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 Verdicchio isn’t loved by everybody as much as it is by me, but I greatly value its freshness and green-fruit flavors and underlying minerality,...
Michael Franz
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July 30, 2024
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 It is already a major selling point for this wine that it comes from Pompeii, and if you don’t know why that is cool...
Michael Franz
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July 30, 2024
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 This is a wickedly good wine — complex and intriguing — at a price that defies belief in relation to its complexity, production techniques,...
Vince Simmon
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July 30, 2024
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 Located two hours southwest of Washington DC, Early Mountain has been in my top Virginia wine list for the last half decade.  Their focus...