Mountain Merlot
Pride Mountain Vineyards Napa Sonoma Merlot 2001 Unfortunately this wines was corked, which is especially disconcerting at this price. Pride has always delighted with the lush feel of their red wines. This is sourced from their estate on the county...
For your favorite chef
Navarro Anderson Valley Chardonnay Verjus 2007 This is another non-alcoholic product from Navarro, but not for drinking but rather as an alternative in the kitchen. This is literally underripe grape juice, green juice, as it were that you might use...
Before there is wine, there is juice
Perhaps the next best thing to wine; anyone who has made wine knows how delicious this is. Yes, I'm talking about freshly crushed grape juice. Navarro has longed shared this specialty with the rest of the world and tonight we sample both. Not a...
The lush life in Napa
Dolce Napa Valley Late Harvest Wine 2003 This is the classic California Sauternes competitor, in flavor and in price. There's a blend of pineapple and caramel with honey and minerality on a viscous palate where the flavor goes on and on. The grapes...
Being Frank
Frank Family Napa Valley Zinfandel 2006 Known for awesome Cabernet, tonight we sample their Zin. This wine smells of vanilla and other essences of dessert. There's lots of extract, very jammy in black fruit and a healthy heft of tannin. 8% Petite...
Rhone grapes here and there
Les Restanques de Pibarnon Bandol 2003 This is a good value offering from Pibarnon, showing ripe fruit overlaid with ripe tannins. This wine gets better each time I taste it. The complexity is there and the edges are softening when tasted August...
Break out the saddle
Bridlewood Central Coast Winner's Circle Selection "Blue Roan" Syrah 2004 Just a few evenings ago we tasted another of the Winner's Circle Selection Syrah and it was true to the the house style showing lots of oak essence wound into a dense palate...
Celebrate with pink in the South of France
Domaine de Fontsainte Corbieres Gris de Gris 2007 This has been a stellar rose with traditional complexity and suppleness. The '07 is very fresh, just full of strawberries, crisp yet filled out and far from lean. The grapes are 60% Grenache...
Focus on Central Otago
The second flight of Pinot tonight is drawn exclusively from the wine region of Central Otago. Mt. Difficulty Central Otago Pinot Noir 2006 Firm, gripping and marked by earthy and berry notes. P&B in Bannockburn 14.5% $28.99 at Bottle Barn Mt....
Southern Pinot
2 flights of Pinot from New Zealand and here is number 1 Daniel Schuster Waipara Pinot Noir Selection 2006 Intense acidity marks this Pinot to drink with food today or lay down in the cellar. P&B in Waipara 14% $26.99 at Bottle Barn Daniel...