Nestled on a sunny coastal ridge, overlooking the Pacific Ocean a mile below, the “True Sonoma Coast” vineyard is one of the closest, if not the closest, to the ocean in all of California. From the vineyard you can see the breaking surf and the misty silhouettes of Bodega Head and Pt. Reyes far below. [...]
When David Ramey is your consulting winemaker, the chances of success are huge! That said, the 2009 Old Soul Red (a blend of 59% Zinfandel, 20% Petite Sirah, 14% Syrah, 7% Malbec) is probably one of the best value non-mainstream red blends currently on the market. Sourced from their 100% organic, and bio-dynamic vineyard this [...]
Redmon is slowly, but surely building a reputation as one of the BEST Cabernet producers in the Napa Valley. This 5th release might just be their best effort yet to-date. Unfortunately, the quantities are very limited, so I suggest you jump on this one immediately. Redmon 09 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa Retail 85.00 GGWC 79.99 [...]
Robert Miner was one of the original founders of Oracle some moons ago. Robert was actually Larry Ellison’s manager at a previous company. They jointly created Oracle, but he was the “key” engineer and a master of people skills! I had the chance to meet him several times before his untimely passing at the age [...]
Since the 1970’s, Bob Tillman has looked for the site where he could plant a world-class vineyard. He didn’t find that property until he moved to the Central Coast of California and tasted Paso Robles wines. Finally, he and his wife Lynn knew they were in the place where they could produce the kind of [...]
Clos Pepe is a family-owned vineyard and winery set in the heart of the Santa Rita Hills of Santa Barbara County, California. Of the 29 acres planted in vines, 25 acres are planted to Pinot Noir, and 4 acres to Chardonnay. They sell more grapes than what they produce into wine, thus the production is [...]
The name Fetzer echoes in the history of California wine. The Fetzers were pioneers of organic and biodynamic winegrowing in California. The founders, Barney and Kathleen Fetzer created the brand many decades ago with the help of their 11 children. Over the years Fetzer was sold to Brown-Forman (Jack Daniels, etal folks) and the family [...]
This winery has stunned me the last couple of years, but the 2007 tops it all! Selected from two organically farmed estate vineyards. The first, Stone Edge Farm, is located on the west side of the Sonoma Valley, in soils studded with rounded stones left over from the ancient floods of Carriger Creek as it [...]
For those who bought the 2007 vintage I can tell you that you will be happily surprised by this latest release. Unfortunately this year’s production is much smaller (only 200 cases produced), but it is just as good. We recently lined up 10 big Napa Valley (expensive and highly rated) Cabernets and the result was [...]
In a blind tasting of big name Cabernet Francs, the little Trespass winery (yes only 150 cases produced of this vintage) blew away a lot more expensive and highly rated wines, including: Hourglass ($150.00), Cadence, Andrew Will ($75.00), Derencourt ($140.00), Realm ($90.00), Pride ($75.00), Cayuse ($85.00), Del Dotto ($90.00), Crocker Starr ($70.00), Reverie ($60.00) and [...]
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