Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Norm Roby
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April 30, 2024
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 Noah and Kelly Dorrance who founded Banshee in 2008 and then moved on to Reeve Wines are now part of the BloodRoot team, said...
Norm Roby
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April 30, 2024
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 Owner and winemaker of his family’s Châteauneuf du Pape estate since 2006, ‘Guillaume Gonnet’’ was created as a separate line of Rhone wines by...
Rebecca Murphy
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April 30, 2024
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 Giuseppe and Lidia Rivetti created a winery in 1977 where they made their mark making single-vineyard Moscato d’Asti wines.  Several years later they added...
Roger Morris
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April 30, 2024
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 Talley has been making Burgundy varietals for years, but in recent vintages it seems to have lost a little of its gravitas – still...
Roger Morris
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April 30, 2024
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 The Ink Grade vineyard, on the Pope Valley side of the Howell Mountain AVA, was owned by Heitz as a source of blending grapes,...
Roger Morris
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April 30, 2024
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 This lovely wine, with a splash of Semillon joining the Sauvignon, spent 11 months sur lie in concrete eggs and mixed oak barrels and...
Roger Morris
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April 30, 2024
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 Montes has through the years been a brand which can be depended upon to make enjoyable, sound wines – no matter the style or...
Miranda Franco
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April 30, 2024
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 Quinta dos Roques 2019 Touriga Nacional is a well-made red that opens with aromas of fresh violets, pine and red fruit.  It has fine...
Miranda Franco
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April 30, 2024
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 The 2011 Reserva red is a blend of 50%, Touriga Nacional, 25%, Tinta Roriz, 15%, Alfrocheiro and 10% Jaen.  This is an incredible bargain,...
Miranda Franco
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April 30, 2024
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 Pale gold in the glass, this wine delivers aromatics of wet stone and citrus, with similar flavors and a firm mineral line that supports...
Miranda Franco
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April 30, 2024
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 Quinta das Bágeiras  Tinto Reserva is a  blend of 60% Baga and 40% Touriga Nacional that opens quickly with a broad range of aromatics...
Rich Cook
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April 30, 2024
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 For me, part of Chardonnay’s attraction is the stylistic variation that exists in the marketplace.  Of course that is not the case for many...