by Keith S Wallace | Alexander Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, wine review | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
When students ask me where they should visit when traveling to Napa Valley, I’ll rattle off a few wineries. If someone asks me if they should go to Sonoma or Napa, I’ll always lead them towards the former. Take Robert Young winery. The winery is a barn,...
by Keith S Wallace | 2010, Alexander Valley, California, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, merlot, Mill Creek, PLCB, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
There is no shame in not knowing Mill Creek Vineyards. It is easy to miss. This is a tiny, family-run operation covering 55 acres in Sonoma County. Its focus is on high quality wines, and has been since its founding in the 1960s. Jeremy Kreck is a third generation...
by Keith S Wallace | 2008, Alexander Valley, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Bacchus, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, full, PLCB, Redemption, review, Wine, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, Wine School of Philadelphia, wine-reviews, Zinfandel | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
This Zinfandel review is brought to you by the Wine School of Philadelphia and Bacchus Selecitons. If you drink Zin for it delightful complexity, you aren’t thinking straight. Zinfandel –despite its pink alter ego– is a major badass. This bottle is...
by Keith S Wallace | 2004, Alexander Valley, Alexander Valley Vineyards, AVV, Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Wine, Wine Spectator, winery | News
Alexander Valley Vineyards 2004 “Top of the Crop” Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley A bottling from AVV’s new Reserve line, this Cabernet is a good step forward for this family-owned winery. The aromatics begin with a whiff of buttered popcorn...
by Keith S Wallace | 2006, Alexander Valley, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Chairman's Selection, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, NO, PLCB, Redemption, Sonoma, Wine, Wine & Spirits Stores, Wine Ratings, wine-reviews, Zinfandel | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
A no-nonsense party wine. I would go so far as to say this was a gummi bear riding a licorice stick down a boozy river.
