Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 A mix of oak aging and stainless steel aging give this Albariño real complexity.  The oak rounds the acidity just a touch, but the...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 The fruit for this Malbec was sourced from a specific block at 1310 meters above sea level (approximately 4300 feet).  Hand-picked and aged in...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 A Mosque clone offering that gets at the best of the clone’s peachy personality without letting it be a boring soloist.  Notes of green...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 It is wines like this that make me wonder how other white varieties ever got as popular as they have when Riesling is available. ...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 Morgan has got to be the most underrated winery on the Central Coast, and this wine continues to make the argument that wider recognition...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 I imagine it’s always a challenge to let a site speak and to make the choice to not exert your will as a winemaker...
Rich Cook
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August 20, 2024
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 Here is a Pinot Noir that will take some time to unwind and will definitely reward the patient procurer.  It’s all darkness and grip...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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 Oh no, another South American Chardonnay.  Well, it turns out that DiamAndes’ is not just another South American Chardonnay.  The backstory is as fascinating...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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 What a difference between varietal Sauvignon Blanc and the taste that grape imparts to the wine depending on where it is planted.  Here in...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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 Albariño and Rías Baixas are practically synonymous.  Yes, there is a little other white wine produced aside from Albariño, and of course, in neighboring...
Michael Apstein
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August 20, 2024
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 Founded in Rioja over a hundred years ago and focused on wines from there, Ramón Bilbao expanded to Rueda and built a winey there...
Roger Morris
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August 20, 2024
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 Structurally, out of the bottle it is lean and leathery with peppery tannins.  With a little time, it opens up to show lovely, complex...