Roth Estate 2011 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
Bill FoleyEver wonder how empires start? Keep an eye on Bill Foley. Last I checked in with him, he was running Foley Estates. I was drinking with his assistant winemaker in …
Bill FoleyEver wonder how empires start? Keep an eye on Bill Foley. Last I checked in with him, he was running Foley Estates. I was drinking with his assistant winemaker in …
Domaine Durand is an old family estate taken over by the dynamic duo of two brothers, Eric and Joel Durand, in 1991. It’s a small, 13-hectare property that straddles the wine …
A lovely bottle of dry bubbly. This is the top bottling of the Cave des Producteurs de Vouvray, which itself is run by Alliance Loire. Made from Chenin Blanc, the flavors …
Sometimes writing up a wine adds more questions than it answers. First of all, who is the winery? Â Mendoza Vineyards is the winery on record, but they are a logistics and …
First of all, kudos to Landmark Vineyards for the awesome update to their labeling. It’s a great leap backward, and I mean that in the best way possible.This is a bittersweet …
Oregon’s Willamette Valley produces some of the world’s best Pinot Noirs. Â And that is only half the reason to love their wines. The other is its grassroots vibe. Unlike so many …
It was not too long ago that $10 bottles of wine were ground zero for the frugal and the downwardly mobile. That is no longer the case, at least for wine …
I don’t know why this wine is named Capucine. Was it named after the French actress who lives about an hour away? Or Refuge Capucine, a dog shelter near the winery? …
I tried this wine for the first time almost one year ago. I was at the annual trade tasting for a wine importer. He had just brought this wine less than …
In Argentina, a chaman is a witch doctor. Â Is this a witchy wine? I am not sure, but it is a fine wine and a surprising departure for the Reginato clan. …
Three thoroughbred Pinot Noirs were just added to PLCB wine shops. All three are single-vineyard bottlings from Londer Vineyards: the Paraboll, Ferrington, and the Londer Estate vineyards.Londer is a boutique winery …
Northeastern Italy wine reviewThe wine region of Gavi has had its ups and downs. Quality hit a significant low in the nineteen-nineties with the push toward mass production. We are now seeing …
White Burgundy Wine ReviewCordier is known as a modern winemaker in a region -Burgundy-that often than not, values tradition. One of his signatures is a lavish use of new oak, which …
Italian Wine ReviewPiedrosso is one of my secret weapons. It’s an unknown wine from an obscure wine region in a largely ignored province in Italy. It’s also a delightful wine that …
The way to not sell to an American is by telling him that a bottle of wine is served to politicians. We especially (and by “We” I mean us in general) …
Tasting NotesWe first noted the deep dark red color of the wine. The first barnyard then leather and smoky aromas dominated with hints of pepper and spice on the nose. On …