by Keith S Wallace | 2014, Cambria, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley | American Wine Reviews, Featured, Wine Reviews
Cambria has always been that tiny corner of the Kendall-Jackson empire that didn’t have that smell of overstuffed marketing. It was family home of Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, his second wife. His daughters grew up there. The winery itself, located in the... by Keith S Wallace | 2014, Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara, Santa Rita Hills | All Things Corked & Forked, Featured
File under: down the rabbit hole we go. Jonathan Newman, the former Chairman of the PLCB is selling wine to Tim Holden, the current PLCB Chairman for the Chairman’s Selections Program that Mr. Newman created when he was Chairman. Huh? It’s... by Keith S Wallace | Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, wine review | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
One of the great strengths of the Oregon wine scene is that its founders came from all points of the globe from all types of backgrounds. Case in point is Ed King, Jr, the founder of King Estate in 1991, along with his son. Ed started life on a Dust Bowl-era wheat... by Keith S Wallace | Carneros, KJ, Pinot Noir | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
The winery is a project of Jackson Family Wines, and this 2013 Estate Pinot Noir is its debut vintage. A very new winery, but it’s built on some seriously historic dirt. Carneros Hill is built on the site of the original Buena Vista Winery. In 1857, Agoston... by Keith S Wallace | Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, wine review | American Wine Reviews, Wine Reviews
John Zelko is an interesting guy. He earned his MD from the University of Colorado Denver in 1983. He’s now a practicing surgeon at The Oregon Clinic’s Portland facility, where he’s worked since 2008. The interesting bit is what John did between...