Wine Reviews
An archive of all wine reviews
Roger Morris
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August 27, 2024
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Raeburn’s High Flier Pinot Noir has nice flavors of both cherry fruitiness and cherry skins, somewhat lean, medium body, a hint of enjoyable smokiness...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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I have long felt that the Finger Lakes of northern New York makes this country’s best dry Riesling. What I didn’t realize is how...
Roger Morris
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August 20, 2024
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Structurally, out of the bottle it is lean and leathery with peppery tannins. With a little time, it opens up to show lovely, complex...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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Founded in Rioja over a hundred years ago and focused on wines from there, Ramón Bilbao expanded to Rueda and built a winey there...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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Albariño and Rías Baixas are practically synonymous. Yes, there is a little other white wine produced aside from Albariño, and of course, in neighboring...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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What a difference between varietal Sauvignon Blanc and the taste that grape imparts to the wine depending on where it is planted. Here in...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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Oh no, another South American Chardonnay. Well, it turns out that DiamAndes’ is not just another South American Chardonnay. The backstory is as fascinating...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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Here is a Pinot Noir that will take some time to unwind and will definitely reward the patient procurer. It’s all darkness and grip...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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I imagine it’s always a challenge to let a site speak and to make the choice to not exert your will as a winemaker...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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Morgan has got to be the most underrated winery on the Central Coast, and this wine continues to make the argument that wider recognition...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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It is wines like this that make me wonder how other white varieties ever got as popular as they have when Riesling is available. ...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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A Mosque clone offering that gets at the best of the clone’s peachy personality without letting it be a boring soloist. Notes of green...