by Ray Johnson | Oct 7, 2008 | Italy, Muscat, Veneto, White Dessert
Maculan, Veneto Moscato IGT, Dindarello 2006 There’s the sweet smells of orange blossom and ginger and a thick while vibrantly fruity palate – delicious. The grapes are all Muscat from the Dindarello Vineyard in Breganze. The grapes are dried for 6 weeks...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 7, 2008 | Campania, Greco di Tufo, Italy
Mastroberardino, Greco di Tufo DOCG, Nova Serra 2006 There’s a nice toasty character in the nose . In the mouth there’s a nuttiness along with lemon peel and lemony acidity. This wine offers complexity without being clunky. 100% Greco grown in the Commune...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 7, 2008 | California, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Zinfandel
Ray D’Argenzio continues making great wine from his location just across the highway from the Santa Rosa Junior College. He’s in the second year of his Amarone project, drying grapes from the ’08 harvest. Breanna, back from a year of study in...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 5, 2008 | Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
This week I had an opportunity to visit with Joseph Otos to talk about his winemaking philosophy and the brands that he is putting on the map, Willowbrook and Owl Ridge. Both brands are crafted in Sebastopol’s rabbit warren of entrepreneurship that I described...
by Ray Johnson | Oct 2, 2008 | California, Carneros, Chardonnay, Cole Ranch, Mendocino County, Riesling, Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County
Angeline, Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc 2007 In the nose there are the competing smells of citrus, candy, flowers and a bit of mown grass. You taste the citrus with a sense of the lemon zest as well. There’s a frame of acidity as well to make this wine...
