Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rich Cook
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November 16, 2021
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 This aromatic clone gets a chance to shine here, with a stainless steel cold ferment and transfer direct to neutral barrels without any malolactic...
Rich Cook
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November 16, 2021
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 Here’s an unusual blend for a bottle of bubbly – 52% Syrah, 32% Grenache and 16% Mourvedre.  Now, before you stop reading, let me...
Rich Cook
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November 16, 2021
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 Now here’s a big red cherry nose if ever there was one.  It’s offset nicely with a little powder and vanilla, with faint spice...
Rich Cook
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November 16, 2021
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 Here’s a wine that’s long on aromatic development and fresh breezy flavor – both things being specialties of winemaker Alex Holman.  Pink grapefruit, ripe...
Marguerite Thomas
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November 9, 2021
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 Poised on France’s eastern border, Alsace is truly a unique and fascinating region.  Sheltered by the Vosges Mountains, Alsace is one of the driest...
Marguerite Thomas
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November 9, 2021
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 Driven by fruit, nicely framed by oak, and accented by dashes of vanilla and alcohol (14.5%), this gutsy California Cabernet seems designed to be...
Marguerite Thomas
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November 9, 2021
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 What makes good Sancerre so special?  The best ones are, like this one, complex, crystalline, structured and long on the palate.  The region’s limestone...
Norm Roby
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November 9, 2021
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 This small winery offers a wide variety of wines at its tasting room in downtown Murphys.  Making wines since 2002, Hatcher relies on Syrah...
Norm Roby
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November 9, 2021
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 Tannat is Uruguay’s signature variety, and Garzon is one of the major wineries with wide distribution.  This Reserva is deep and dark in appearance...
Rebecca Murphy
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November 9, 2021
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 The Laurens family have almost 52 acres of vines in the mountains of the Massif Central in Southwest France where they make wine from...
Rebecca Murphy
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November 9, 2021
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 One of the most interesting aspect of learning about wine is that you can spend your life learning and working with wine and there...
Miranda Franco
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November 9, 2021
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 Founded in 2005, Revelry Vintners produces some of Washington State’s premier wines.  This incredibly perfumed and lifted Merlot leads with red and black cherry,...