Wine Reviews

An archive of all wine reviews
Rich Cook
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January 2, 2018
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 So many ways to express the beauty of Bien Nacido fruit!  This example reaches into the earth and herb side, with strawberry and cranberry...
Rich Cook
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January 2, 2018
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 Another great bottle from Spottswoode, delivering just what you’ve come to expect from them — a wine that has great complexity, where nothing shouts...
Marguerite Thomas
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December 26, 2017
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 It’s hard not to fall in love with this wine.  Rather than a linear taste experience ending on a high note of acid, this...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 This is a fine drink any time you want a white wine to relax with.  It’s a unique blend of Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 A nice find from this DOC, where Grenache is known as Cannonau.  This presents like a ripe strawberry pie, with bold red berry and...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 There’s nothing like a young Nebbiolo from the Piedmont when it comes to challenging your tooth enamel.  Not to worry — time will round...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 A bright, lively expression of Tempranillo that is focused on black currant, citrus like acidity and hints of dill and sweet brown spice.  There’s...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 This producer, like many in the region, releases wines under a system where the time spent in oak matters in a legal sense, not...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 Winemaker Mark Robinson names this wine for the process, where select fruit clusters are dried on a bed of straw to concentrate sugars without...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 One of three wines the winery produces from apples, and it’s a delight.  Made from eighteen different apple varieties and one variety of pear....
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 A dark side example that perhaps shows some warming climate in the region.  Aromas of blueberry, blackberry, damp earth, fall spice and a touch...
Rich Cook
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December 26, 2017
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 Jim Hart continues to sniff out prime fruit from sources all around southern California.  This Malbec comes primarily from Emerald Creek vineyard in Warner...