Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Ed McCarthy
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April 2, 2019
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 Dry Creek Vineyard’s latest Meritage wine (a name Dave Stare was the first to use on California wine labels to indicate that the wine...
Ed McCarthy
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April 2, 2019
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 Dry Creek Vineyard makes several red Zinfandels, but its finest one might be its single-vineyard Estate wine, its 2016 DCV2 Four Clones Vineyard Zinfandel,...
Wayne Belding
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April 2, 2019
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  New World Cabernet Sauvignons rarely achieve the degree of elegance and liveliness on the palate of the Leeuwin Estate Prelude Vineyards bottling.  Drawn...
Wayne Belding
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April 2, 2019
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  Chardonnay maintains great popularity among wine consumers because it is so elementally pleasing.  Because of its success, many renditions of Chardonnay are too...
Wayne Belding
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April 2, 2019
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  Syrah is planted with great success in many places in the wine world.  It gets its most notoriety from big, powerful wines like...
Wayne Belding
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April 2, 2019
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  The 2016 Bordeaux vintage was an excellent one, coming on the heels of the fine 2015 harvest.  The top growths of Bordeaux have...
Marguerite Thomas
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April 2, 2019
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  A gem of a wine, Remy Pannier’s Vouvray has both an appealing gold color and enticing aromas as well as pronounced Bartlett pear...
Marguerite Thomas
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April 2, 2019
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  A beautifully made wine that speaks volumes about what California Chardonnay can offer when the grapes are grown in the right (i.e. cooler)...
Wayne Belding
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April 2, 2019
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  Pinot Blanc is an overlooked variety in the USA.  A few producers have recognized the inherently pleasurable style of the wine and are...
Marguerite Thomas
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April 2, 2019
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 If you’ve been seeking a richly colored wine that is lush but not overwhelming look no further.  Dark berry and other fruit flavors mingle...
Marguerite Thomas
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April 2, 2019
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 No need to over think this sweet and dreamy white wine from Alsace, just breathe in the delicate floral aromas and sip the racy...
Michael Apstein
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April 2, 2019
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 Guigal, based in the northern Rhône village of Ampuis, has made Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the southern Rhône’s most famous wine, since the 1940s.  But this 2017...