Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rich Cook
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September 13, 2022
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 You will not find a more crowd pleasing white wine than this one from Duckhorn, thanks to solid Chardonnay character, well folded oak spice,...
Rich Cook
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September 13, 2022
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 Lively lanolin is the calling card on the nose of Chestnut Grove’s 2021 Verdelho, with nectarine and soft lemon accents.  All comes alive on...
Rich Cook
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September 13, 2022
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 This bottling of Chappellet’s Signature Chenin Blanc shows real purity of fruit year after year, and it is a pleasure to see it come...
Rich Cook
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September 13, 2022
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 If you like your Grenache Blanc on the lively side, this is a bottle you will appreciate for wet sidewalk and mixed stone fruit...
Norm Roby
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September 13, 2022
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 Founded in the early 1980s, Rex Hill Vineyards enjoys a solid reputation for distinct, terroir-driven Pinot Noirs.  It offers several single vineyard Pinots along...
Norm Roby
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September 13, 2022
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 We are seeing more and more White Pinots partly due to smoke taint on the skins in recent vintages.  But whatever the reason, White...
Rich Cook
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September 13, 2022
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 This vintage of Argyle’s Nuthouse Riesling stays true to its dry style heritage, showing classic Riesling aromatics of petrol, pear, lime, and wet stone...
Vince Simmon
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September 13, 2022
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 "Upright" is an overt affront to the movie “Sideways" which had a negative effect on much of the U.S. Merlot industry.  EFESTÄ’’s Upright challenges...
Michael Apstein
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September 13, 2022
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Though Prosecco Rosé might be a brilliant marketing tool, combining too hot categories of wine, in reality it is an official Italian DOC.  To...
Vince Simmon
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September 13, 2022
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 This huge Cabernet Franc is built with Red Mountain power and depth.  The wine shows buckets of fruit with both red and black cherry,...
Michael Franz
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September 13, 2022
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 Although this is priced a bit lower than Gagliardo’s 2017 from the Monvigliero cru, I found this slightly more impressive overall, which is saying...
Michael Franz
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September 13, 2022
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 This wine is very complex, beautifully balanced, and just flat-out delicious.  Climate change is scary as hell, but this is the sort of wine...