Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Wayne Belding
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April 19, 2022
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 Grüner Veltliners in full liter bottles are among the best buys for white wine.  The village of Engabrunn is in the Austrian district of...
Roger Morris
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April 19, 2022
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 Robin Daniel Lail is one of a pioneering handful of daughters in Napa Valley to take up their father’s profession at a time when...
Wayne Belding
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April 19, 2022
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 With so many indifferent Pinot Grigio bottlings flooding the marketplace, it’s refreshing to find one that captures the sensory delights that made the variety...
Marguerite Thomas
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April 19, 2022
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 With its pale pink color and gentle hints of citrus and berry flavors, this gentle Italian sparkling wine sets just the right tone for...
Roger Morris
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April 19, 2022
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 In 2004, the until-then straight-laced Martha Stewart, food and entertaining doyenne, was sentenced to five months in a federal penitentiary for insider trading.  She...
Miranda Franco
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April 19, 2022
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 The Sabon family is a historic name in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, first mentioned in documents dating to 1540.  The first vintage was bottled under the family’s...
Norm Roby
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April 19, 2022
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 Producing Pinot Noir since the 1977 vintage, Elk Cove is one of Oregon’s true pioneers and has remained family owned.  It makes several single...
Norm Roby
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April 19, 2022
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 Sporting a new label look, “The Stand” is the latest creative and unconventional blend from Tooth & Nail.  With all grapes grown sustainably in...
Norm Roby
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April 19, 2022
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 South Africa is the wine world’s leading grower of Chenin Blanc, and along with Pinotage, Chenin Blanc put South Africa on the international wine...
Rebecca Murphy
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April 19, 2022
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 Viognier is a happy grape in Texas.   It makes delicious wines like this one with its pale golden color and charming honeysuckle, peach and...
Rebecca Murphy
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April 19, 2022
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 Winemaker Christophe Paubert made a point of ensuring the crispness of this Chardonnay by fermenting and storing 25 percent of the juice in stainless...
Rebecca Murphy
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April 19, 2022
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 Sauvignon Blanc is new to the Stags’ Leap portfolio.  The 2020 vintage is their third year of production of this variety.  The grapes are...