Off to Oregon
This flight features 4 Oregonian Pinots Brandborg Umqua Valley, Oregon Ferris Wheel Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir 2006 P&B in Elkton 13.8% $40 at the winery Brandborg Ken Wright Cellars Yamhill-Carlton District Shea Vineyard 2006 This was the...
Musical Rose
Etude Carneros Pinot Noir Rose 2006 Lots of strawberry to smell and the palate features refreshing acidity with a glistening sheen of creamy fruit. P&B in Napa 13.9% $19.95 at Traverso's Etude
Battling Bubblies
This flight pits top wines from Schramsberg in Calistoga and Roederer Estate in Philo. Roederer Estate Anderson Valley L"Ermitage Estate Brut 2000 This has been a personal favorite balancing the racy house style with the complexity given by time on...
More bubbles
J Russian River Valley late disgorged brut 1997 Smelling of acacia flowers and a bit of bread with brie, the mouth is elegant with richness and a the taste of warm biscuits. P&B in Healdsburg 12.5% $79.99 at Bottle Barn J
Napa sparkles
Domaine Chandon etoile Brut This is true to type with the house style of forward fruit and a soft profile. The fruit source for this wine is 54% from Napa and 46% from Sonoma. After primary ferment this wine was put in the bottle for its secondary...
The grapes behind the bubbly
Much of our North American Sparkling features Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. This flight features one of each, in the full expression of their color. Iron Horse Sonoma County Green Valley Estate Bottled Blanc de Blancs 2001 This wine sports tart green...
Coooool Pinot
Two star producers show their wares from the Santa Rita Hills (I still find it hard to spell this appellation in the new fashion). Foley Sta. Rita Hills Rancho Santa Rosa Pommard Clone Pinot Noir 2006 Another hit that melds black and red fruits...
This ain’t the Scotch
Ballentine Vineyards Napa Valley Estate Grown Zinfandel Port 2004 There's a sense of a brand new, just crushed wine in the cellar, with vivacious, grapy fruit. There's definitely some heat as we would see from Portugal, yet this New World Port...
SA Pinot
Hamilton Russell Vineyards Walker Bay Pinot Noir 2006 Quite earthy, toasty and tannic. Grown, made, matured and bottled on the estate in Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Hermanus 14% $31.99 at Bottle Barn Hamilton Russell
Refreshers from the deep south
This flight features two wines from a personal favorite winery, Mulderbosch. Neither of these wines is shy in the acid department and the Sauvignon is particularly herbaceous - yummmm! Mulderbosch, Stellenbosch, Chenin Blanc, Steen op Hout 2007...