Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 A deft blending hand is on display here, and the result is a lovely Bordeaux styled wine whose price will astound you.  Black fruit,...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 Trinchero Family Wines knows how to make easy drinking wines for the masses, and their prowess is on full display in this fruit forward...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 Here’s a bang for the buck Chardonnay for fans of the bolder style, where butterscotch and spice are forward, and baked apple joins in...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 This wine is aptly named, and if you’re not careful it’ll seduce you in short order.  The alluring aspect here is that true Zinfandel...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 The wine that started the Wild Thing line continues to over deliver value at its price point.  The 2015 is showing forward orange zest...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 A master of the art shows another fantastic Zinfandel that is mouth filling, rich and bright all at once, with wild berry fruit joined...
Rich Cook
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March 20, 2018
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 Easily one of the best ten dollar bottles of wine available today.  Every time I taste it I wonder why there aren’t more domestic...
Wayne Belding
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March 20, 2018
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 While Pinot Noir is clearly the highest profile wine from the Willamette Valley, there is much to discover among other grape varieties as well. ...
Wayne Belding
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March 20, 2018
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 In the chase for the next great Nebbiolo from Barolo, wine lovers often overlook the exemplary character of the best Barberas.  Perhaps no Barbera...
Michael Apstein
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March 20, 2018
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 After tasting this lovely Rully, a word Master Sommelier Andrea Immer Robinson once used to describe a wine sprang to mind: “Delish!”  Fresh and...
Michael Apstein
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March 20, 2018
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 Domaine Salomon is a — perhaps the — star in Givrey, yet another under-rated village in the Côte Chalonnaise.  (Don’t confuse this village with...
Michael Apstein
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March 20, 2018
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 This is the first vintage that Château de Chamirey decided to bottle wine from this 3.5-acre vineyard separately.  Half went into this bottling, while...